An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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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 flas.h.i.+ng 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.
