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deplume

verb
/diːˈpluːm/

Etymology

From French déplumer, from Latin dēplūmō, from dē- + plūmō (“to cover with feathers”), from plūma (“feather”). Compare dēplūmis (“featherless”).

  1. derived from dēplūmō
  2. borrowed from déplumer

Definitions

  1. To strip of feathers or plumage.

    • On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather.
    • Before the birds are cut and quartered by the butchers they must be totally deplumed.

  2. To lay bare

    To lay bare; to expose.

    • the exposure and depluming […] of the leading humbugs of the age

  3. To condense excess water vapor from the flue gas.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA