Plummy
(Plum"my) a. [From Plum.] Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. [Colloq.]
"For the sake of getting something plummy." G. Eliot.
Plumose
(Plu*mose" Plu"mous) a. [L. plumosus, fr. pluma feather: cf. F. plumeux.]
1. Having feathers or plumes.
2. Having hairs, or other párts, arranged along an axis like a feather; feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose
leaf; plumose tentacles.
Plumosite
(Plu"mo*site) n. (Min.) Same as Jamesonite.
Plumosity
(Plu*mos"i*ty) n. The quality or state of being plumose.
Plump
(Plump) a. [Compar. Plumper (-er); superl. Plumpest.] [OE. plomp rude, clumsy; akin to D.
plomp, G., Dan., & Sw. plump; probably of imitative origin. Cf. Plump, adv.] Well rounded or filled
out; full; fleshy; fat; as, a plump baby; plump cheeks. Shak.
The god of wine did his plump clusters bring.
T. Carew. Plump
(Plump), n. A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears. [Obs.]
To visit islands and the plumps of men.
Chapman. Plump
(Plump), v. i. [Cf. D. plompen, G. plumpen, Sw. plumpa, Dan. plumpe. See Plump, a.]
1. To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped.
2. To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once."Dulcissa plumps into a chair." Spectator.
3. To give a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump
(Plump), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; — often with up.
To plump up the hollowness of their history with improbable miracles.
Fuller. 2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as, to plump a stone into water.
3. To give as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
Plump
(Plump), adv. [Cf. D. plomp, interj., G. plump, plumps. Cf. Plump, a. & v.] Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
"Fall plump." Beau. & Fl.
Plumper
(Plump"er) n.
1. One who, or that which, plumps or swells out something else; hence, something carried in the mouth
to distend the cheeks.
2. (English Elections) A vote given to one candidate only, when two or more are to be elected, thus
giving him the advantage over the others. A person who gives his vote thus is said to plump, or to
plump his vote.
3. A voter who plumps his vote. [Eng.]
4. A downright, unqualified lie. [Colloq. or Low]
