An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 624

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 624


_Pitscottie._


PLAINSTANES, _s. pl._


1. The pavement, S.


2. The exchange, as being paved, S.


_To_ PLAINT, PLENT, _v. n._ To complain of, S.


_Knox._


PLAYOKIS, _s. pl._ Playthings, S. O.


_Wyntown._


PLAITINGS, _s. pl._ Pieces of iron which go below the plough-share.


Fife.


PLANE, _adj._ Full, consisting of its different const.i.tuent branches; applied to parliament.


_Acts Ja. II._


Fr. _plane_, _pleine court_, id.


PLANE-TREE, _s._ The maple, S.


_Lightfoot._


_To_ PLASH, _v. n._


1. To make a noise by dashing water, S.


_Pleesk_, S. B.


_Ramsay._


2. To splash, S.


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 c.u.m sonitu movere.


PLASH _of rain_, a heavy fall of rain, S.


Belg. _plasregen_, praeceps imber.


PLASMATOR, _s._ Maker; Gr.


_Complaynt S._


PLASTROUN, _s._ Perhaps, a harp.


_Sir Egeir._


Gr. p???t???, the instrument with which the strings of an harp are struck.


_To_ PLAT, PLET, _v. a._ To plait.


_Wyntown._


PLAT, _adj._


1. Flat, level.


_Douglas._


2. Low, opposed to _heiche_.


_Maitland P._


3. Close, near.


_Douglas._


Su. G. _platt_, Teut. _plat_, pla.n.u.s.


~Plat~, _adv._ Flatly.


_Douglas._


PLAT, PLATT, _s._ A plan.


_Douglas._


Teut. _plat_, exemplar.







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