V. ~Plaint~.

PLENTEOUS, _adj._ Complaining.

_Bar. Courts._

PLEP, _s._ Any thing weak or feeble, S. B.

~Pleppit~, _adj._ Not stiff; creased. A _pleppit dud_, a garment become quite flaccid by wearing or tossing, Ang.

Perh. q. _flappit_, E. flapped; or from Isl. _flap-r_, aura inconstans.

PLESANCE, _s._ Pleasure.

Fr.

_K. Quair._

_To_ PLET, _v. a._ To reprehend.

_Douglas._

Teut. _pleyt-en_, litigare.

PLEVAR, _s._ A plover.

_Houlate._

PLEUCH, PLEUGH, _s._

1. A plough, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. Su. G. _plog_, Alem. _pluog_.

2. That constellation called _Ursa Major_; supposed to resemble a plough, S.

_Douglas._

~Pleuch-gang~, ~Plough-gang~, _s._ As much land as can be properly tilled by one plough; also, a _pleuch_ of land, S.

_Stat. Acc._

~Pleuch-gate~, ~Plough-gate~, _v._ The same with _plough-gang_, S.; _gate_ being synon. with _gang_.

_Stat. Acc._

~Pleuchgeire~, _v._ The furniture belonging to a plough, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

~Pleuchgraith~, _s._ The same with _pleuchgeire_, S.

_Skene._

~Pleuch-irnes~, ~Plwyrnys~, _s. pl._ The iron instruments belonging to a plough, S.

_Wyntown._

Isl. _plogiarn_, the ploughshare.

PLY, _s._ Plight, condition, S.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _pli_, habit, state.

PLY, _s._ A fold, a plait, S.

PLYCHT, _s._ Punishment.

_Henrysone._

Belg. _plicht_, judicium.

_To_ PLISH-PLASH, _v. n._ To emit the sound produced by successive shocks in any liquid body, S.

V. ~Plash~, _v._

_J. Nicol._

~Plish-Plash~, _adv._ To _play plish-plash_, to make a flashing sound, S.

PLISKIE, _s._ A trick, properly of a mischievous kind; though not necessarily including the idea of any evil design, S.

_J. Nicol._

A. S. _plaega_, play, sport, with the termination _isc_, or _isk_, expressive of increment.

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