DEPLOY; DEPLOYMENT
De*ploy", De*ploy"ment, n. (Mil.)
Defn: The act of deploying; a spreading out of a body of men in order to extend their front. -Wilhelm. Deployments . . . which cause the soldier to turn his back to the enemy are not suited to war.H.L. Scott.
DEPLUMATE
De*plu"mate, a. Etym: [LL. diplumatus, p. p. of deplumare. See
Deplume.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed.
DEPLUMATION
Dep`lu*ma"tion, n. Etym: [See Deplumate.]
1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet
2. (Med.)
Defn: A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes.
Thomas.
DEPLUME
De*plume", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deplumed; p. pr. & vb. n. Depluming.]
Etym: [LL. deplumare; L. de- + plumare to cover with feathers, pluma
feather: cf. deplumis featherless, and F. déplumer.]
1. To strip or pluck off the feather of; to deprive of of plumage. On the depluming of the pope every bird had his own feather. Fuller.