plumed

plumed
    adj 1: having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the
           plumed serpent"; "white-plumed egrets" [syn: {plumed},
           {plumy}]
    2: having an ornamental plume or feathery tuft [syn: {plumate},
       {plumed}, {plumose}]
    3: (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume [syn:
       {crested}, {plumed}]
    

Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to
   cover with feathers.]
   1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or
      prink.
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            Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W.
                                                  Irving.
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   2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage;
      also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden.
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   3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. "Farewell the plumed
      troop." --Shak.
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   4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he
      plumes himself on his skill. --South.
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   {Plumed adder} (Zool.), an African viper ({Vipera cornuta},
      syn. {Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over
      each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African
      puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}.

   {Plumed partridge} (Zool.), the California mountain quail
      ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under
      {Mountain}.
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31 Moby Thesaurus words for "plumed":
      adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled,
      beribboned, bespangled, capped, crested, crowned, decked out,
      decorated, embellished, feathered, festooned, figured, flowered,
      garnished, headed, jeweled, ornamented, peaked, spangled, spangly,
      studded, tipped, topped, tricked out, trimmed, wreathed