2. Having hairs, or other p·rts, arranged along an axis like a feather;
feathery; plumelike; as, a plumose leaf; plumose tentacles.
Plu"mo*site (?), n. (Min.) Same as Jamesonite.
Plu*mos"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being plumose.
Plump (plmp), a. [Compar. Plumper (-r); 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, 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, 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.