An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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PLACAD, PLACKET, _s._ A placard, S.
_Pitscottie._
Teut. _plackaet_, decretum, from _placken_, to fix.
PLACE, _s._
1. The mansion-house on an estate, S.
_Spalding._
2. A castle, a strong hold.
_Keith._
Fr. _place_, a castle.
PLACEBOE, _s._ A parasite.
_Knox._
Lat. _placebo_, I will please; still used in France.
PLACK, PLAK, _s._
1. A billon coin.
_Acts Ja. III._
2. A small copper coin, formerly current in S., equal to the third part of an English penny.
_Morysone._
Fr. _plaque_, Teut. _placke_, L. B. _placa_; a small coin of various value according to the country.
~Plackless~, _adj._ Moneyless, S.
PLAGE, _s._ Quarter, point.
_Pal. Hon._
Lat. _plag-a_, id.
PLAID, _s._ Plea.
V. ~Plede~.
PLAID, _s._ An outer loose weed of striped and variegated cloth, worn by the Highlanders, S.
_Pennant._
Gael. _plaide_, id.; Teut. _plat_, what is plain and broad.
PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, _s._ Coa.r.s.e woollen cloth, that is _tweeled_, S.
_St. Acc._
From _plaid_; or C. B. _pleth-u_, to wreath.
PLAY-FEIR, PLAY-FERE, PLAY-FAIR, _s._
1. A playfellow.
_Lyndsay._
From _play_, and _fere_, a companion, q. v.
2. Improperly, a toy, S.
_Ferguson._
PLAIK, _s._ A plaid, Ang.
Su. G. Isl. _plagg_, vestimentum.
PLAYN, PLAYNE. _In playne_,
1. Clearly.
_Wallace._
2. Out of hand; like Fr. _de plain_.
_Ibid._
_To_ PLAINYIE, _v. n._ To complain.
Fr. _plaindre_, id.
