Plight (2)
Plight, obs.imp. & p. p. of Pluck. Chaucer.
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Plight (3)
Plight, v. t. [OE. pliten; probably through Old French, fr. LL. plectare, L. plectere. See Plait, Ply.] To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait. “To sew and plight.” Chaucer.A pli...
Plight (4)
Plight (?), n. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. “Many a folded plight.” Spenser.
Plight (5)
Plight, n. [OE. pliht danger, engagement, AS. pliht danger, fr. pleón to risk; akin to D. plicht duty, G. pflicht, Dan. pligt. √28. Cf. Play.] 1. That which is exposed to risk; ...
Plight (6)
Plight, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n.Plighting.] [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty, G. verpflicht...
Plighter
Plight″er (?), n. One who, or that which, plights.
Plim
Plim (?), v. i. [Cf. Plump.] To swell, as grain or wood with water. Grose.
Plimsoll's mark
Plim″soll's mark′ (?). (Naut.) A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; — so...
Plinth
Plinth (?), n. [L. plinthus, Gr. � a brick or tile, a plinth, perh. akin to E. flint: cf. F. plinthe.] (Arch.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately b...
Pliocene
Pli″o‐cene (?), a. [Written also pleiocene.] (Geol.) Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
Pliocene (2)
Pli″o‐cene, n.(Geol.) The Pliocene period or deposits.
Pliohippus
‖Pli′o‐hip″pus (?), n. [NL., fr. E. pliocene + Gr. � horse.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the com...
Pliosaurus
‖Pli′o‐sau″rus (?), n.(Paleon.) An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.
Plitt
Plitt (?), n. [Russ. plete.] An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia.
Ploc
Ploc (?), n.(Naut.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
Ploce
‖Plo″ce (?), n.(Rhet.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar ...
Plod
Plod (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Plodded (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plodding.] [Gf. Gael. plod a clod, a pool; also, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.] 1. To travel slowly but steadi...
Plod (2)
Plod, v. t. To walk on slowly or heavily.The ploughman homeward plods his weary way. Gray.
Plodder
Plod″der (?), n. One who plods; a drudge.
Plodding
Plod″ding (?), a. Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits. —Plod″ding‐...
Plonge
Plonge (?), v. t. [See Plunge.] To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.
Plongée
‖Plon′gée″ (?), n. [F. See Plunge.] (Mil.) A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongée of a parapet; the plongée of a shell in its course. [Sometimes written plonge.]
Plop
Plop (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Plopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plopping.] To fall, drop, or move in any way, with a sudden splash or slap, as on the surface of water.The body plopped ...
Plop (2)
Plop, n. Act of plopping; the sound made in plopping.
Plot
Plot (?), n. [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. Plat a piece of ground.] 1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot. Shak.2. A plantation laid out. Sir P. Sidne...
Plot (2)
Plot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plotted (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plotting.] To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.This treatise plotteth down Cor...
Plot (3)
Plot, n. [Abbrev. from complot.] 1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous ...