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Word Meanings - PLUMULE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle. Gray. A down feather. The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather. One of the featherlike scales

Additional info about word: PLUMULE

The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle. Gray. A down feather. The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather. One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.

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    One who underdoes; a shirk.
  • YOUNGISH
    Somewhat young. Tatler.
  • UNDERBRED
    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
  • UNDERSECRETARY
    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
  • UNDERPLOT
    1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
  • UNDERNICENESS
    A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
  • GROWLER
    The large-mouthed black bass. 3. A four-wheeled cab. (more info) 1. One who growls.
  • UNDERDOLVEN
    p. p. of Underdelve.
  • UNDERSOIL
    The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
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  • FEATHERNESS
    The state or condition of being feathery.
  • UNDERPROP
    To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. Underprop the head that bears the crown. Fenton.
  • UNDERNIME
    1. To receive; to perceive. He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. Piers Plowman.
  • UNDERCREST
    To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
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  • UNDERSAY
    To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser.
  • UNDERTAPSTER
    Assistant to a tapster.
  • FIRST
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    The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
  • UNDERDELVE
    To delve under.
  • DISPLANTATION
    The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh.
  • SUPPLANT
    heels, to throw down; sub under + planta the sole of the foot, also, 1. To trip up. "Supplanted, down he fell." Milton. 2. To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the
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    One who plunders or pillages.
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    To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.
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    A large oceanic fish found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
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    A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.

 

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