Middle English Dictionary Entry
plū̆m(e n.
Entry Info
| Forms | plū̆m(e n. |
| Etymology | OF plume & L plūma. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A feather; decorative plume; -- also coll; also [first quot.] ?the vanes of a feather (as opposed to its shaft and quill); (b) alum (de) ~, feather alum, aluminum sulfate.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400 *Albi Reynolds 5081 Recipes (Albi Reynolds 5081)f.22r : Boyle hem togedre til it tak a wey þe plume of a fedre whan þow puttist it þerin for þat is þe asay þerof.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)55a/b : Plumaciolez..were made in old tyme of plume, i. feþerez, sewed atuyx cloþez.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)3.49 : Anoþer proud partriche..sesith on hir cete with hir softe plumes.
- c1500(?a1437) ?Jas.I KQ (SeldArch B.24)st.46,47 : On hir hede a chaplet fresch of hewe, Off plumys partit rede and quhite and blewe..The plumys eke like to the flour-jonettis.
b
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)54/26 : Putte in poudre of white glasse and of alum zucaryne, i. alum glasse, or alum plume.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)81/36 : Þer is..anoþer kynde of alum þat is called alumen scissum, comonly alum plume, and it haþe þredez, and it may be diuided and ryuen in sondre.
- ?a1450 Arderne LW (Em 69)125 : It was the pouder of alume de plume.
- ?a1500 Henslow Recipes (Henslow)6/16 : Take..an vnce of alem plum.