Webster's Dictionary 1913

4915

Plaining (2)

Plain″ing, a. Complaining. Bryant.

4916

Plainly

Plain″ly, adv. In a plain manner; clearly.

4917

Plainness

Plain″ness, n. The quality or state of being plain.

4918

Plainsman

Plains″man (?), n.; pl.-men (�). One who lives in the plains.

4919

Plaint

Plaint (?), n. [OE. plainte, pleynte, F. plainte, fr. L. plangere, planctum (plancta, fem. p. p.), to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf. Complain, Plague, Plangent.] 1. Audible ...

4920

Plaintful

Plaint″ful (?), a. Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice. “My plaintful tongue.” Sir P. Sidney.

4921

Plaintiff

Plain″tiff (?), n. [F. plaintif making complaint, plaintive; in Old French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, fr. plaindre. See Plaint, and cf. Plaintive.] (Law) One w...

4922

Plaintiff (2)

Plain″tiff, a. See Plaintive. Prior.

4923

Plaintive

Plain″tive (?), a. [F. plaintif. See Plaintiff, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden.2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. “The most plaintive ditty.”...

4924

Plaintless

Plaint″less (?), a. Without complaint; unrepining. “Plaintless patience.” Savage.

4925

Plaisance

Plai′sance″ (?), n. See Pleasance.

4926

Plaise

Plaise (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Plaice.

4927

Plaister

Plais″ter (?), n. See Plaster.

4928

Plait

Plait (?), n. [OE. playte, OF. pleit, L. plicatum, plicitum, p. p. of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat to weave, Pleat, Plight fold.] 1. A flat ...

4929

Plait (2)

Plait, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plaited; p. pr. & vb. n.Plaiting.] 1. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.2. To interweave the strands or locks of; to ...

4930

Plaited

Plait″ed, a. Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful.Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides. Shak.

4931

Plaiter

Plait″er (?), n. One who, or that which, plaits.

4932

Plan

Plan (?), n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See Plain, a.] 1. A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of...

4933

Plan (2)

Plan, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Planned (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Planning.] 1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to f...

4934

Planaria

‖Pla‐na″ri‐a (?), n.; pl. L. Planariæ (#), E. -rias (#). [NL. See Planary.] (Zoöl.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is ...

4935

Planarian

Pla‐na″ri‐an (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Planarida, or Dendrocœla; any turbellarian worm. — Pla‐na″ri‐an, a.

4936

Planarida

‖Pla‐nar″i‐da (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocœla.

4937

Planarioid

Pla‐na″ri‐oid (?), a. [Planaria + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like the planarians.

4938

Planary

Pla″na‐ry (?), a. [L. planarius level. See Plane, a.] Of or pertaining to a plane.

4939

Planch

Planch (?), n. [F. planche.] A plank. Ld. Berners.

4940

Planch (2)

Planch, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Planched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Planching.] [F. planche a board, plank. See Plank.] To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. “To that vineyard i...

4941

Plancher

Planch″er (?), n. [F., planche. See Planch.] 1. A floor of wood; also, a plank. Bacon.2. (Arch.) The under side of a cornice; a soffit.