See Also: carnify(dictionary)

plumetis (iou) and carnify (iou)


plumetis (iou)



plumetis noun. M19.
[French, from plumete adjective (Heraldry) sprinkled with spots like bunches of feathers.]
Embroidery worked on a tambour; feather-stitch. Also, a fine light dress fabric woven with raised dots or tufts.

carnify (iou)



carnify verb. M17.
[from Latin caro, carn- flesh + -FY.]
verb trans. Make or convert into flesh. Usu. in pass. M17.
verb intrans. Generate flesh. M17-E19.
Medicine.
a. verb trans. Bring about carnification of. M18.
b. verb intrans. Undergo carnification. M19.