Lexic.us

Definition of Plumping

1. Adjective. Very large; of exceptional size for its kind. "Won by a plumping majority"

Definition of Plumping

1. plump [v] - See also: plump

Plumping Pictures

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plumping

plumosity plumous plumous plump plumped plumpen plumpened plumpening plumpens plumper

plumpers plumpest plumpie plumpier plumpiest plumping (current term) plumpish plumply plumpness plumpnesses

plumps plumpy plump down plump for plump in plump out plump up plums plumula plumula

Literary usage of Plumping

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1. A Manual of Fish-culture: Based on the Methods of the United States by United States Bureau of Fisheries, John J. Brice, Henry Frank Moore, Frederick M. Chamberlain (1897)
"The process of plumping consists in changing oysters from denser to less dense water, causing an interchange of fluids through the walls of the animal, ..."

2. America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from by George Augustus Sala (1883)
"That festive bird will have an equally hard time of it at Christmas, and especially at the New Year. SCALDING, PLUCKING, AND plumping TURKEYS ..."

3. History of the Settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario): With Special Reference by William Canniff (1869)
"... Blocks"—"plumping Mill''—The Women—.Soldier Farmers—The Hessians— Suffering—The "Scarce Year"—Charge against thu Commissariat Officers— Famine—Cry for ..."

4. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"plumping HIDE FIBER. The necessity of plumping hide fiber by the means of sour liquors before giving the green stock strong tannic acid, is well understood ..."

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