What is "pluming"

Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pluming.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.]

1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink.

   Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers.
   --W. Irving.

2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.]
   --Bacon. Dryden.

3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. ``Farewell the plumed troop.''
   --Shak.

4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill.
   --South.

   Plumed adder (Zo["o]l.), an African viper ( Vipera cornuta, syn. Clotho cornuta), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also horned viper and hornsman.

   Plumed partridge (Zo["o]l.), the California mountain quail ( Oreortyx pictus). See Mountain quail, under Mountain.

n. The act by which something is plumed. vb. (present participle of plume English)