displume

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displume

(dɪsˈpluːm)

vb (tr)

1. (Zoology) to remove feathers from

2. (Zoology) obsolete to moult (feathers)

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Verb	1.	displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes deplume despoil, foray, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, strip - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
	2.	displume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" deplumate, deplume, tear, pluck, pull strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"

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In short, we are back to a religiosity foreshadowed in Oblique Prayers--a religiosity grounded more in awe of and gratitude for the mystery of creation than in subsequent explorations of a "God crucified on the resolve not to displume / our unused wings" ("Standoff," BW).