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Plumularlae
pl.
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Plumularias
pl.
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Plumularia
n.
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Any hydroid belonging to Plumularia and other genera of the family Plumularidae. They generally grow in plumelike forms.
Plumularian
n.
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Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.
Plumule
n.
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The first bud, or gemmule, of a young plant; the bud, or growing point, of the embryo, above the cotyledons. See Illust. of Radicle.
Plumule
n.
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A down feather.
Plumule
n.
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The aftershaft of a feather. See Illust. under Feather.
Plumule
n.
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One of the featherlike scales of certain male butterflies.
Plumulose
a.
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Having hairs branching out laterally, like the parts of a feather.
Plumy
a.
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Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery.
Plundered
imp. & p. p.
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Plundering
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Plunder
v. t.
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To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
Plunder
v. t.
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To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.
Plunder
n.
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The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.
Plunder
n.
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That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.
Plunder
n.
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Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.
Plunderage
n.
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The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
Plunged
imp. & p. p.
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Plunging
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Plunge
v. t.
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To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to plunge the body into water; to plunge a dagger into the breast. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge a nation into war.
Plunge
v. t.
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To baptize by immersion.
Plunge
v. t.
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To entangle; to embarrass; to overcome.
Plunge
v. i.
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To thrust or cast one's self into water or other fluid; to submerge one's self; to dive, or to rush in; as, he plunged into the river. Also used figuratively; as, to plunge into debt.
Plunge
v. i.
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To pitch or throw one's self headlong or violently forward, as a horse does.
Plunge
v. i.
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To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations.
Plunge
n.
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The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge.
Plunge
n.
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Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties.
Plunge
n.
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The act of pitching or throwing one's self headlong or violently forward, like an unruly horse.
Plunge
n.
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Heavy and reckless betting in horse racing; hazardous speculation.