PLODDERE, _s._ A banger, a mauler.

_Wyntown._

O. Fr. _plaud-er_, to bang, to maul.

PLOY, _s._

1. A harmless frolic, properly of a social kind, S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

2. A frolic, which, although begun in jest, has a serious issue, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _pleg-an_, to play.

_To_ PLOT, _v. a._

1. To scald, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To make any liquid scalding hot, S.

3. To burn, in a general sense.

_Forbes._

PLOTc.o.c.k, _s._ The devil.

_Pitscottie._

According to some, _Pluto_, whose Isl. name is _BlotG.o.d_. Our term may be q. _Blotkok_, "the swallower of sacrifices;" from _blot_, sacrificing, and _kok-a_, deglutire.

PLOUD, _s._ A green sod, Aberd.

_Stat. Acc._

Fland. _plot-en_, membranam exuere.

PLOUT, _s._ A heavy shower of rain, S.

Belg. _plots-en_, to fall down plump.

_To_ PLOUTER, _v. n._ To make a noise among water, to be engaged in any wet and dirty work, S., _plowster_, S. A.

Germ. _plader-n_, humida et sordida tractare; Teut. _plots-en_, _plotsen int water_, in aquam irruere.

~Plouter~, _s._ The act of floundering through water or mire, S.

_Popular Ball._

PLUCK, _s._ The pogge, a fish, S.

PLUCKUP, PLUKUP, _s._

_Poems 16th Cent._

_At the plukup_, q. ready to _pluck up_ every thing by the roots.

PLUFFY, _adj._ Flabby, chubby, S.

Su. G. _plufsig_, facies obesa.

PLUKE, PLOUK, _s._ A pimple, S.

Gael. _plucan_, id.

_R. Bruce._

~Plukie-faced~, _adj._ Having a pimpled face, S.

_Ritson._

PLUME-DAMES, _s._ A _Damascene_ plumb, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

PLUMP, _adj. A plump shower_, a heavy shower that falls straight down, S.

E. _plumb_, perpendicular; q. like lead, Teut. _plomp_, plumbeus.

PLWYRNYS, _s. pl._

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