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Definition: DEPLUMATION

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.[Websters]
2. A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Deplumation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Deplumation \Dep`lu*ma"tion\, noun. [See Deplumate.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DEPLUMATION

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: DEPLUMATION

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers.[Websters]
2. A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DEPLUMATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Deplumation \Dep`lu*ma"tion\, noun. [See Deplumate.]. (references)

Specialty Definition: DEPLUMATION

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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