Plume

v. t.
  1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.
  2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel.
  3. To adorn with feathers or plumes.
  4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.
    5. Plumed adder (Zoöl.),
    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 (Zoöl.),
    the California mountain quail (Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain.