A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1571-1590
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Plume, v. [e.m.E. and ME. plewmen (1399), plume (15th c.), plomme (1486), OF. plumer pluck (a bird) (12th c. in Godef.), pull out, pillage, f. plume Plume n.] In falconry: To pluck the feathers of a prey, as a hawk. Also, fig., to rob or plunder. —c1590 J. Stewart 13/53.
As lustie falcon litle larks dois plume —1571 Sempill Sat. P. xxviii. 82.
Without … feir of faith Plumand but pietie I did oppres the pure
