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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Deplume, Deplome, v. [e.m.E. and ME. deplume (c 1440), F. déplumer, med. L. deplumare.] tr. a. To strip of feathers. b. To delete with a pen. —1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 651.
Pluk at the craw thay cryit, deplome the ruik Id. Æn. xi. xiii. 173.
[The goshawk] with hir beik deplumand [the dove] —1549 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) Aikman v. Anderson.
The said pretendit instrument … fra the first tua or thre wordis of the begyning it hes bene all deplumit and raisit
