Plume

1. v. A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses.
2. v. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather.
3. v. An ornamental tuft of feathers.
4. v. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers.
5. v. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.