plum-gouger 
fiilio or weevil, Ciii-i-n/ni-iif. iiriiiiiriilti. It is cnm- 
raon iii the MlaslMlpni valley, where it damages lums, 
lied frui 
nectarines, and allie 
uits Both sexes in the 
ges plin 
adult Bti 
gunge the fruit when feeding, and the larva feeds upon 
the content* of the pit or stone. It is single-brooded. 
4508 
plommy (plum'i), a. [< plum* + -'.] Full of 
plums or excellences; hence, good ; desirable. 
f<v.ll<w, 1 
L^ ( IO< 1-J 
ud 
The poeta have made tragedies enough ahnnt signing 
one's self over to wickedness for the sakeof getting some- 
thing jit n in m i/. George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, ivi. 
puses the winter In the beetle state. 
plumicome (plo'mi-kom), n. [< L. pluma, a 
feather, + coma (< Or. K6pri), the hair of the plumose (plS'mos), a. [= P. plumeux = Sp. 
head: seeeo/ 2 .] In sponges, a hexaster whose Pg- piumoso = It. piumoso, < L. plumosus, full 
rays end in a number of plumose branches, of feathers or down, < pluma, feather, down: 
Compare ftoricomc. see plume.] 1. Feathery ; plumous; resembling 
plumicom'ous ( " 
comr + -ous.] 
(plo-mik'o-mus), a. [< plumi- a feather, as something light, airy, and spray- plump 2 (plump), adv 
Having the character of a plu- like. 2. Feathered; plumed orplumaged; pro- iSmp 3 r Cf tllumb* 
vided with plumes or feathers. 3. In hot., a 8 udden heavv fall sii 
plumicorn (plo'mi-kdrn), n. [< L. pluma, a feathery or feathered : specifically noting bris- 
feather, + eomu, a horn.] One of the pair of ties, etc., which have fine hairs on opposite sides 
tufts of feathers, or egrets, also called ears and like the vane of a feather. A plumose pappus 
horns, on the head in sundry owls, as species is one composed of feathery hairs. See fig. b 
of Bubo, Scops, Otus, or Asia; a feather-horn, under pappus. fimaoee anemone. See anemone. 
plumpy 
didatv, or he may distribute that number among the can- 
didates In any way he chooses. 
They refused to exercise their right of electing local 
members, and plumped for Earl (irey himself in 1848. 
Westminster Ret., CXXV. 62. 
H. trans. To cause to fall suddenly and heav- 
ily : as, to plump a stone into water To plump M 
thlng)oat, to come out plump or rudely with (something). 
"But If ltain'talibertytopfampitvut,"said Mr.Boffln, 
"what do you do for your living? " 
Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, vilL 
[An elliptical use of 
bear.] Plumaged; feathered; having plumes. 
Bailey. 
plumiped, plumipede (plo'mi-ped, -ped), a. 
and . [< L. plumipes (-ped-), feather-footed, 
< pluma, feather, + pes (ped-) = E.foot.] I. a. 
Having feathered feet. 
H. n. A plumiped bird, 
plumist (plo'mist), n. [< P. plumiste, a worker 
in feathers, < plume, feather: see plume.] A 
feather-dresser ; a maker of ornamental plumes. 
Fine and feathery artisan, 
Best of plumists (if you can 
With your art so far presume), 
Make for me a prince s plume. 
Moore, Anacreontic to a Plnmassier. 
plum-juniper (plum'jo'ni-per), n. A handsome 
Oriental juniper, Junipcrus druitacea, whose 
fleshy drupe-like cones are highly esteemed 
as a fruit. 
plum-loaf (plum'lof), . A loaf with raisins or 
currants in it. 
plummert (plum'er), . An obsolete form of 
plumber. 
plummer-block (plum'er-blok), n. Same as 
plumber-block. 
plummer-box (plum'6r-boks), n. Same as 
itluinbcr-block. 
ummery, n. Same as plumbery. 
plummet (plum'et), . [< ME. plomet, < OF. 
plomet, plommet, plombet, plummet, a piece of 
lead, a ball of lead, a plummet, dim. of plom, 
lead, a lead, plummet: seeplumb 2 .] 1. Apiece 
of lead or other metal attached to a line, used 
in sounding the depth of water, determining 
the vertical, etc. 
I'll seek him deeper than e'er plummet sounded. 
Shot., Tempest, iii. 3. 101. 
My conscience is the plummet that does press 
The deeps, but seldom cries O fathomless. 
Quartet, Emblems, iii. 11. 
They would plunge, and tumble, and thinke to ly hid in 
the foul weeds, and muddy waters, where no plummet 
can reach the bottom e. Milton, Reformation In Eng., i. 
It is an oblong square well, which I found by a plum- 
tun to lie a hundred and twenty two feet deep. 
Pococke, Description of the East, II. L 25. 
2. An instrument used by carpenters, masons, 
and others in adjusting erections to a vertical 
line ; a plumb-rule. 3t. The pommel or knob 
on the hilt of a sword. 
Dickie cond na win to him wi' the blade o' the sword 
But feld i IM wl' the plumet under the ele. 
Dick a' the Cow (Child's Ballads, VI. 75). 
4f. A weight. 
For when sad thoughts perplex the mind of man, 
There is a plummet In the heart that weighs, 
And pulls us, living, to the dust we came from. 
Beau, and Fl., Laws of Candy, Iv. 1. 
What hath hung liumuirlK on thy nimble soul? 
What sleepy rod hath chtirm'd thy mounting spirit? 
Shirley, Love In a Maze, Iv. 2. 
[<ME 
ish (>--*-*-"'- * 
MLG, 
clownish 
massive : 
Seand., from the" D.); prob.orig. < swollen,''from 
the pp. of the dial. (orig. strong) verb plim, 
swell ; but more or less associated with plump*, 
plumb?.] 1 . Full and well-rounded ; hence, of a 
person, fleshy; fat; chubby: as, a jp/Mny> figure; 
a plump habit of body; of things, filled out and 
distended; rounded: as, & plump seed. 
Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world. 
Shot., 1 Hen. IV., II. 4. 527. 
The ploughman now . . . 
Sows his plump seed. 
Fanshaux, tr. of Ouarinl's Pastor Fido, iv. 6. 
Like a chllde, she 's pleasant, quick, and plump. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Magnificence. 
Of medium height, plump, but not stout, with a rather 
, , , 
slender waist and expansive hips, and a foot which stepped 
flrmly and nimbly at the same time, she was as cheerful a 
to see. 
B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 72. 
ilmblyat 
body as one could wish to see. 
2. Figuratively, round ; fat ; large ; full. 
Will no plump fee 
Bribe thy false fists to make a glad decree? 
Quarto, Emblems, II. 3. 
3. Dry; hard. Haltiwcll. [Prov. Eng.] 
plump't (plump), ?i. [< ME. plump, plomp, a 
cluster, clump; < plump*, a. Cf. clump*-.] A 
out warning or preparation; very 
edly; downright; right. 
he that will attain to't, 
ick himself at first. 
Beau, and Fl., Wit at Several Weapons, i. 1. 
Just as we were a-going up Snow-hill, plump we comes 
against a cart, with such a Jog it almost pulled the coach- 
wheel off. Mia Burney, Evelina, Iv. 
How refreshing to find such a place and such a person 
Cecil Dreeme, vL 
plumb 2 , 
. --, unquali- 
fied : as, a plump lie. Wright. 
plump 2 (plump), n. [< plump*, r.] A sudden 
heavy downfall of rain. [Scotch.] 
The thundcr-jjfauip that drookit me to the skin. Gait. 
The whole day was showery, with occasional drenching 
plumps. K. L. Stevenson, Inland Voyage, p. 89. 
plumper (plum'per), . 1. One of a pair of 
balls or rounded masses of some light material 
kept in the mouth to give the cheeks a rounded 
appearance. 
And that the cheeks may both agree, 
Their plumpers fill the cavity. 
The London Ladies Dressing Roam, (ffaret.) 
Now dext'rously her plumpers draws, 
That serve to fill her hollow jaws. 
Swift, A Beautiful Young Nymph. 
2. One who votes for a single candidate in an 
election, when he has a right to vote for more 
than one; also, tho vote (sometimes the total 
number of votes collectively) which one thus 
gives to a single candidate. See plump*, r. i., 2. 
[Great Britain.] 
Mr. Brooke's success must depend either on plumpers, 
which would leave Bagster in the rear, or on the new 
minting of Tory votes Into reforming votes. 
George Eliot, Middlemarch, It 
a downright falsehood; 
Havingaplump 
plump-faced (plump'fast), a. 
wille schokkcn hem to gidre or full, round face. 
Golding, tr. of Justine, fol. 83. raisins or currants for eyes. 
Hero 's a whole plump of rogues. plumply (plump'li), adv. Fully; roundly; 
without reserve: as, to assert a thing plumply. 
Fletcher, Double Marriage, ill. 2. 
So spread upon a lake, with upward eye, 
A plump of fowl behold their foe on high. 
Drtjden, Theodore and Uonoria, 1. 316. 
plump 1 (plump), r. [< plump*, a.] I. intrants. 
To grow plump; enlarge to fullness; swell. 
Johnson; Imp. IHct. 
II. trans. To make plump, full, or distended ; 
extend to fullness; dilate; fatten. 
The golden films, whilst they were in a Honor that 
plumped them up, seemed to be solid wires of gold. 
Boyle, Subtilty of Effluviums, li. 
I can with another experiment plump him and heighten 
him at my pleasure. Shirley, Maid's Revenge, lit 2. 
The action of the saltpetre on the hides or skins it is 
claimed, Is (o plump or " raise " them, as it is called. 
C. T. Davis, Leather, p. 248. 
= Dan. 
fColloq.] 
plumpness (plump'nes), n. The state or qual- 
ity of being plump ; fullness of skin ; disten- 
tion to roundness: as, tho plumpness of a boy; 
plumpness of the cheek. 
plum-porridge (plum'por'ij), n. Porridge made 
with plums, raisins, or currants. 
All those new statutes [promulgated by the Senate of 
Venice on Aug. 2fith, 162(1) principally reguard the English, 
whom they thlncke so inamored with plumporredge, cakes, 
and pics, as they will with currenU swallow any thing 
Sir Thomas Hoe, quoted in N. and O.., 7th ser., IV. 504. 
Nearly two centuries had elapsed since the fiery perse- 
cution of poor mince-pics throughout the land; when 
plum pomdge was denounced as mere popery, and roast- 
beef as anti-Christian. 
Irving, Sketch-Book, Christmas Day, p. 266. 
stone in the water, = 
plumpe, plump, plunge; connected with plump*, 
adr. : words felt to be imitative, and so subject 
to variation (G. plumpsen, etc.), but prob. ult. 
Of. A piece of lead formerly used by school- due to L. plumbum, lead, whence also ult. E 
boys to rule paper for writing. plunge, plump: see plumb*, plunge.] 
plummet (plum'et), r. /. ; pret. and pp. plum- 1. To plunge or fall like a heavy m 
meted or plummetted, ppr. plummeting or plum- 
metting. [< plummet, n.J To weight with plum- 
mets, or as with plummets. 
A rich plummetted worsted fringe valance may be pre- 
ferred to drapery. Paper-hanger, p. 91. 
plummet-level (plum'et-lev'el), n. A plummet 
used as a level. Any plummet may be used as a level 
provided Its base is approximately perpendicular to the 
mean position of the plumb-line. If this hangs the same 
way when the whole Is rotated 1MO', the support Is level 
AN,, rail--. I (//>,,> /,-., /. 
plum-moth (plum'indth), . A tortricid moth 
whose larva infests plums. See (Irajiliolitlm. 
with raisins, currants, various spices, and wine, 
brandy, or rum. It Is tied In a puddlng-cloth and 
boiled for some hours. It should be served with a Mazing 
sauce of brandy or ram. In the Tinted states :i plainer 
pudding, resembling the above but without the brandy, 
is sometimes called by this name. 
unnc. I intrans , - ..... 
eavy mass' or lump Plum-puddinger (plum'pu.l'iiic-.'r), w, A small 
of dead matter; fall suddenly whalin-vessel which makes onl - 
U will give you a notion how Ducla plump, Into a 
chair. steel", SpecUtor, 'NO 4i 
He plumpd head and heels Into fifteen feet water ^ 
Barham, Ingoldshy Legends, II. 385. 
2 To vote for a single candidate, when one has 
tne "ght to vote for two or more. In British par- 
liamcntary and other elections, when there are more per- 
whaling-vessel which makes only short voy- 
ages : so called because the crew has fresh pro- 
visions and an abundant supply of plum-pud- 
ding or plum-duff. [TJ. 8.] 
Provlncetown has ever been foremost with her nnmer- 
, 
nous than one to be elected, a voter, while having the right nlnmnv 
to vote for as many candidates as there are vacancies P JS lpy 
may cast a single vute for one only. He is then said to l IUIn P > 
,fum,,t,,r that candld.ite. In British school-board elec- 
Ions the voting Isciimiilatlva; a voter may plump, by glv 
Ing as many votes as there arc vacancies to any one can- 
es In the Atlantic Ocean. 
C. M. Scammon, Marine Mammals, p ''41 
im 'ni) /. r< ,,/,, 1 4- 1 i 
" P 1J ' " <-* J' 1 '""/' 1 ' -y 1 -] 
Com.-, thon monarch of Ihi- vine, 
Plumpy liacclniK with pink i-vnc ' 
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