Lat. _placebo_, I will please; still used in France.
2. A small copper coin, formerly current in S., equal to the third part of an English penny.
Fr. _plaque_, Teut. _placke_, L. B. _placa_; a small coin of various value according to the country.
PLAID, _s._ An outer loose weed of striped and variegated cloth, worn by the Highlanders, S.
Gael. _plaide_, id.; Teut. _plat_, what is plain and broad.
PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, _s._ Coarse woollen cloth, that is _tweeled_, S.
From _plaid_; or C. B. _pleth-u_, to wreath.
From _play_, and _fere_, a companion, q. v.
_To_ PLAINT, PLENT, _v. n._ To complain of, S.
PLAITINGS, _s. pl._ Pieces of iron which go below the plough-share. Fife.
PLANE, _adj._ Full, consisting of its different constituent branches; applied to parliament.
3. Applied to any thing, which, from being thoroughly drenched, emits the noise occasioned by the agitation of water, S.
Su. G. _plask-a_, aquam cum sonitu movere.
PLASH _of rain_, a heavy fall of rain, S.
Gr. πληκτρον, the instrument with which the strings of an harp are struck.
PLATFUTE, _s._ A term of reproach; applied to a _plain-soled_ person, and thence ludicrously to some dance.
_To_ ~Plede~, ~Pleid~, _v. n._ To contend.
_To_ PLEDGE, _v. a._ To invite to drink, by promising to take the cup after another, S.; a vestige of the ancient custom of one drawing his dagger, as a token that he _pledged_ his life for that of another, while he was drinking.
2. An action at law, whether criminal or civil, S.
_To_ ~Pley~, _v. n._ To answer in a court.
1. To furnish a house; to stock a farm, S.
~Plennissing~, ~Plenising~, _s._ Household furniture.
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.
2. That constellation called _Ursa Major_; supposed to resemble a plough, S.
~Pleuch-gang~, ~Plough-gang~, _s._ As much land as can be properly tilled by one plough; also, a _pleuch_ of land, S.
~Pleuch-gate~, ~Plough-gate~, _v._ The same with _plough-gang_, S.; _gate_ being synon. with _gang_.
~Pleuchgeire~, _v._ The furniture belonging to a plough, S.
~Pleuchgraith~, _s._ The same with _pleuchgeire_, S.