displume

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

displume
    v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn:
         {deplume}, {displume}]
    2: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
       {pluck}, {pull}, {tear}, {deplume}, {deplumate}, {displume}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Displume \Dis*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Displumed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Displuming}.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer,
   F. d['e]plumer.]
   To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of
   decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.
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         Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.  --Burke.
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