Definition: displume

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

displume
     v 1: strip of honors, possessions, or attributes [syn: deplume]
     2: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
         pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Displume \Dis*plume"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Displumed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Displuming.] [Pref. dis- + plume: cf. OF. desplumer,
   F. d['e]plumer.]
   To strip of, or as of, a plume, or plumes; to deprive of
   decoration; to dishonor; to degrade.

         Displumed, degraded, and metamorphosed.  --Burke.