An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 625
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 625
PLAT, PLATT, PLATE, _s._
1. A dash.
_Douglas._
2. A blow with the fist.
_Lyndsay._
A. S. _plaett-as_, cuffs, blows.
_To_ PLAT UP, _v. a._ To erect.
_Baillie._
PLATFUTE, _s._ A term of reproach; applied to a _plain-soled_ person, and thence ludicrously to some dance.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _plat-voet_, planipes.
PLEDE, PLEID, PLEYD, _s._
1. Debate.
_Wyntown._
2. A quarrel, a broil.
_Chr. Kirk._
3. Care, sorrow.
_Dunbar._
Belg. _pleyte_, lis, Fr. _plaid_.
_To_ ~Plede~, ~Pleid~, _v. n._ To contend.
_Doug._
_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.
To PLEESK, _v. n._
V. ~Plash~.
PLEY, PLEYE, _s._
1. A debate, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
2. An action at law, whether criminal or civil, S.
_Reg. Maj._
A. S. _pleo_, _pleoh_, danger, debate.
_To_ ~Pley~, _v. n._ To answer in a court.
_Burr. Lawes._
PLEINYEOUR, _s._ A complainer.
_Acts Ja. II._
_To_ PLENYE, _v. n._
V. ~Plainyie~.
_To_ PLENYS, PLENISH, _v. a._
1. To furnish a house; to stock a farm, S.
2. To supply with inhabitants.
_Wallace._
~Plennissing~, ~Plenising~, _s._ Household furniture.
_Burr. Lawes._
_R. Bruce._
_To_ PLENT, _v. n._