Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PLIGHTED

PLIGHTED, participle passive pli'ted. Pledged.

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PLIGHTER

PLIGHTER, noun pli'ter. One that pledges; that which plights.

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PLIGHTING

PLIGHTING, participle present tense pli'ting; Pledging.

2299

PLIM

PLIM, verb intransitive To swell. [Not in use.]

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PLINTH

PLINTH, noun [Gr. a brick or tile; Latin plinthus.]In architecture, a flat square member in form of a brick, which serves as the foundation of a column; being the flat square ta...

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PLOD

PLOD, verb intransitive To travel or work slowly or with steady laborious diligence.A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end, than a fluttering way of advancin...

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PLODDER

PLOD'DER, noun A dull, heavy, laborious person.

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PLODDING

PLOD'DING, participle present tense Traveling or laboring with slow movement and steady diligence; studying closely but heavily.1.adjective Industrious; diligent, but slow in co...

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PLOT

PLOT, noun [a different orthography of plat.]1. A plat or small extent of ground; as a garden plotIt was a chosen plot of fertile land.When we mean to build,We first survey the ...

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PLOTTED

PLOT'TED, participle passive Contrived; planned.

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PLOTTER

PLOT'TER, noun One that plots or contrives; a contriver.1. A conspirator.

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PLOTTING

PLOT'TING, participle present tense Contriving; planning; forming an evil design.

2308

PLOUGH

PLOUGH. [See Plow.]

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PLOVER

PLOV'ER, noun [Latin pluvialis, rainy; pluo, to rain.]The common name of several species of birds that frequent the banks of rivers and the sea shore, belonging to the genus Cha...

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PLOW

PLOW, noun1. In agriculture, an instrument for turning up, breaking and preparing the ground for receiving the seed. It is drawn by oxen or horses and saves the labor of digging...

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PLOW-BOTE

PLOW'-BOTE, noun In English law, wood or timber allowed to a tenant for the repair of instruments of husbandry.

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PLOW-LAND

PLOW'-LAND, noun Land that is plowed, or suitable for tillage.

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PLOWBOY

PLOW'BOY, noun A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a rustic boy.

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PLOWED

PLOW'ED, participle passive Turned up with a plow; furrowed.

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PLOWER

PLOW'ER, noun One that plows land; a cultivator.

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PLOWING

PLOW'ING, participle present tense Turning up with a plow; furrowing.PLOW'ING, noun The operation of turning up ground with a plow; as the first and second plowing; three plowings.

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PLOWMAN

PLOW'MAN, noun One that plows or holds a plow.At last the robber binds the plowman and carries him off with the oxen.1. A cultivator of grain; a husbandman.2. A rustic; a countr...

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PLOWSHARE

PLOW'SHARE, noun [See Shear.] The part of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of the furrow, and raises the slice to the mold-board, which turns it over.

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PLUCK

PLUCK, verb transitive1. To pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off, out or from, with a twitch. Thus we say, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from ...

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PLUCKED

PLUCK'ED, participle passive Pulled off; stripped of feathers or hair.

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PLUCKER

PLUCK'ER, noun One that plucks.

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PLUCKING

PLUCK'ING, participle present tense Pulling off; stripping.