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plumping
(encz) | plumping, adj: |
plumping
(gcide) | Floating \Float"ing\, n.
1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
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2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
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3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
fattening, plumping, and laying out.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating charge |
Plumping
(gcide) | Plump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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To plump up the hollowness of their history with
improbable miracles. --Fuller.
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2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as,
to plump a stone into water.
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3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
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plumping
(wn) | plumping
adj 1: very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a
plumping majority" |
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plumping
(encz) | plumping, adj: |
plumping
(gcide) | Floating \Float"ing\, n.
1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
[1913 Webster]
2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by
placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also
fattening, plumping, and laying out.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating chargePlump \Plump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plumping.]
1. To make plump; to fill (out) or support; -- often with up.
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To plump up the hollowness of their history with
improbable miracles. --Fuller.
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2. To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily; as,
to plump a stone into water.
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3. To give (a vote), as a plumper. See Plumper, 2.
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plumping
(wn) | plumping
adj 1: very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a
plumping majority" |
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