v. Also 7 implume. [a. Fr. emplumer, f. en- (see EN-) + plume PLUME, feather; cf. Sp. emplumar, It. impiumare.]
† 1. trans. ? To ‘tar and feather’ (or the like). [So Sp. emplumar.] Obs.
1631. Mabbe, Celestina, II. 33. That same gadding to and fro Bawd, who for her villanies, and rogueries in that kinde, hath beene three seuerall times implumed.
2. To furnish with a plume, adorn as with plumes. Also in ppl. a. Emplumed.
1622. Mabbe, trans. Aleman’s Guzman d’Alf., II. 21. They might very well have put the implumed Hat vpon my head.
18[?]. Mrs. Browning, Song Ragged Sch. Angelhoods, emplumed In such ringlets of pure glory.
