Webster's Dictionary 1913

5428

Plowwright

{ Plow″wright′, Plough″wright′ } (?), n. One who makes or repairs plows.

5429

Ploy

Ploy (?), n. Sport; frolic.

5430

Ploy (2)

Ploy, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; — the opposite of deploy. Wilhelm.

5431

Ployment

Ploy″ment (?), n.(Mil.) The act or movement of forming a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; — the opposite of deployment.

5432

Pluck

Pluck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plucking.] [AS. pluccian; akin to LG. & D. plukken, G. pflücken, Icel. plokka, plukka, Dan. plukke, Sw. plocka. �27.] 1...

5433

Pluck (2)

Pluck, v. i. To make a motion of pulling or twitching; — usually with at; as, to pluck at one's gown.

5434

Pluck (3)

Pluck, n. 1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.] The hea...

5435

Plucked

Plucked (?), a. Having courage and spirit.

5436

Plucker

Pluck″er, n. 1. One who, or that which, plucks.Thou setter up and plucker down of kings. Shak.2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.

5437

Plücker tube

Plück″er tube (?). [So named after Julius Plücker, a German physicist.] (Physics) (a) A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the part through which the discharge tak...

5438

Pluckily

Pluck″i‐ly (?), adv. In a plucky manner.

5439

Pluckiness

Pluck″i‐ness, n. The quality or state of being plucky.

5440

Pluckless

Pluck″less, a. Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.

5441

Plucky

Pluck″y (?), a. [Compar.Pluckier (?); superl.Pluckiest.] Having pluck or courage; characterized by pluck; displaying pluck; courageous; spirited; as, a plucky race.If you're plu...

5442

Pluff

Pluff (?), v. t. To throw out, as smoke, dust, etc., in puffs.

5443

Pluff (2)

Pluff, n. 1. A puff, as of smoke from a pipe, or of dust from a puffball; a slight explosion, as of a small quantity of gunpowder.2. A hairdresser's powder puff; also, the act o...

5444

Plug

Plug (?), n. [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. plök, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.] 1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.2. A f...

5445

Plug (2)

Plug (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plugged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plugging (?).] To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

5446

Plug (3)

Plug, n. — Breech plug(Gun.), in breech-loading guns, the metal plug or cylinder which closes the aperture in the breech, through which the gun is loaded.

5447

Plug board

Plug board. (Elec.) A switchboard in which connections are made by means of plugs.

5448

Plugger

Plug″ger (?), n. One who, or that which, plugs.

5449

Plugging

Plug″ging, n. 1. The act of stopping with a plug.2. The material of which a plug or stopple is made.

5450

Plum

Plum (?), n. [AS. plūme, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. �, �. Cf. Prune a dried plum.]1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the Prunus domestica, and of several other species of ...

5451

Plum (2)

Plum, n. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.

5452

Pluma

‖Plu″ma (plū″mȧ), n.; pl.Plumæ (–mē). (Zoöl.) A feather.

5453

Plumage

Plum″age (plūm″ā̍j), n. [F., from plume a feather.] (Zoöl.) The entire clothing of a bird.☞ It consist of the contour feathers, or the ordinary feathers covering the head, neck,...

5454

Plumassary

Plu‐mas″sa‐ry (?), n. [Cf. F. plumasseau.] A plume or collection of ornamental feathers.