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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Plē'o-năs'tic-al-ly, adv. p. 999In a pleonastic manner.Ple-rŏph'o-ry, n. p. 999Full persuasion or confidence. [Obs.] Hall.Plĕsh, n. p. 999The same as PLASH. [Obs.] Spenser.Plē'si-o-môr'phĭsm, n. p. 999The state of crystallized substances which nearly resemble each other in form, but still are different.Plē'si-o-môr'phoŭs, a. p. 999Nearly alike in form.Plē'si-o-sa̤ur, n. p. 999(Zoöl.) An animal of the genus Plesiosaurus.Plē'si-o-sa̤u'rus, n. p. 999(Paleon.) A genus of large extinct marine reptiles, having the neck very long, and the body and tail short.Plĕth'o-rȧ, n. p. 999Over-fullness; especially, fullness or excess of blood; repletion; the state of the vessels of the human body when they are too full, or overloaded with fluids. Coxe. 2. The state of being over-full…Plĕth'o-rĕt'ic, a. p. 999Having, or characterized by, plethora; plethoric. [Obs.] Johnson.Ple-thŏr'ic or Plĕth'o-ric, a. p. 999Evincing plethora either in a physical or a metaphorical sense. “Plethoric fullness of thought.” De Quincey. Its former strength was but plethoric ill. Goldsmith. We have some dozen of plethoric…Ple-thŏr'ic-al, a. p. 999Plethoric. [Obs.]Ple-thŏr'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 999In a plethoric manner.Plĕth'o-ry, n. p. 999The same as PLETHORA. Burke.Plĕth'ron or Plĕth'rum p. 999Plĕth'rum, n. [Gr. πλέθρον.] (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 feet; also a square measure of 10,000 feet.Pleū'rȧ, n. p. 999(Anat.) The serous membrane which covers the inside of the thorax, and also invests the lungs.Pleū'ral, a. p. 999Pertaining to the ribs, or the side of the body where they lie. Dunglison.Pleū-răl'ġi-ȧ, n. p. 999(Med.) Pain in the side or region of the ribs.Pleū'ri-sy, n. p. 999(Med.) An inflammation of the pleura, or membrane that covers the inside of the thorax, accompanied with fever, pain, difficult respiration, and cough.Pleū'ri-sy-ro͞ot, n. p. 999(Bot.) A plant of the genus Asclepias (A. tuberosa). Gray.Pleū-rĭt'ic or Pleū-rĭt'ic-al, a. p. 999Pertaining to pleurisy; as, pleuritic symptoms or affections. 2. Diseased with pleurisy.Pleū-rī'tis, n. p. 999(Med.) Inflammation of the pleura; pleurisy. Dunglison.Pleū'ro-pĕr'ip-neū'mo-ny, n. p. 999(Med.) The same as PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.Pleū'ro-pneū-mō'ni-ȧ, n. p. 999(Med.) Inflammatory disease of the pleura and lungs.Plĕv'in, n. p. 999A warrant of assurance. [Obs.]Plĕx'i-fôrm, a. p. 1000In the form of net-work; complicated. Quincy.Plex-im'e-ter, n. p. 1000(Med.) The plate which is placed in contact with the body to receive the percussion in examination by auscultation. [Written also plex-ometer.] Dunglison.Plĕx′ūre, n. p. 1000The act or process of weaving together; that which is woven together.Plĕx'us, n. p. 1000(Physiol.) Any network of vessels, nerves, or fibers. Coxe.Pleyt, n. p. 1000(Naut.) A kind of ship. Simmonds.Pli'a-bil'i-ty, n. p. 1000The quality of being pliable; flexibility. The mountaineers seemed to possess the pliability of movement fitted to execute military maneuvers. W. Scott.Pli'a-ble, a. p. 1000Capable of being plied, turned, or bent; easy to be bent; readily yielding to pressure without rupture; flexible; as, willow is a pliable plant. 2. Hence, flexible in disposition; readily yielding to…Pli'a-ble-ness, n. p. 1000Pliability; flexibility.Pli'a-bly, adv. p. 1000In a pliable manner.Pli'an-cy, n. p. 1000The state of being pliant, in a physical or moral respect.Pli'ant, a. p. 1000Capable of plying or bending; easily bent; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; lithe; limber; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. 2. Hence, readily or easily influenced to…Pli'ant-ly, adv. p. 1000In a pliant manner.Pli'ant-ness, n. p. 1000The state of being pliant. Bacon.Pli'ca, n. p. 1000(Med.) A disease of the hair, peculiar to Poland and the neighboring countries, in which it becomes twisted, interlaced, and agglutinated or matted together. Dunglison.Pli'cate or Pli'ca-ted, a. p. 1000(Bot.) Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.Pli'cate-ly, adv. p. 1000In a plicate or folded manner.Pli-cā'tion, n. p. 1000A folding or fold.Plie'a-tūre, n. p. 1000A fold; a doubling.Plic'i-dĕn'tine, n. p. 1000(Anat.) A modification of dentine, in which it appears folded upon a series of vertical plates radiating from the axis of the pulp, and which is accompanied by a fluted form of the exterior of the…Pli'ed, imp. & p. p. p. 1000of ply. See PLY.Pli'ers, n. pl. p. 1000A kind of pinchers, by which any small object may be seized and bent.Pli'fōrm, a. p. 1000In the form of a fold or doubling. Pennant.Plight, v. t. p. 1000To expose to danger or risk; to pledge; to give as security for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; — never applied to property or goods. Plight me the full assurance of…Plight, v. t. p. 1000To weave; to braid; to fold or intertwine. [Obs.] “Plighted clouds.” Milton.Plight, n. p. 1000That which is exposed to risk; that which serves to plight or pledge; security; gage. “That Lord, whose hand must take my plight.” Shak. 2. Exposed condition; risky or dangerous state. “Satan beheld…Plight'er, n. p. 1000One who, or that which, plights.Plim, v. i. p. 1000To swell. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Grose.Plinth, n. p. 1000(Arch.) A square, projecting, vertically faced member forming the lowest division of the base of a column; the plain projecting face at the bottom of a wall immediately above the ground. Oxf. Gloss.Plī'ō-cēne, a. p. 1000(Geol.) Pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent tertiary deposits, in which 40 per cent. or more of the fossil shells are of recent species. Lyell.Plī'o-cēne, n. p. 1000(Geol.) The pliocene formation.Plī'o-sau'rus, n. p. 1000(Palæon.) A swimming saurian allied to the plesiosaurus, whose fossil remains are found in the oolite. R. Owen.Plitt, n. p. 1000An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia.Plīde, n. p. 1000(Naut.) A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship. Simmonds.Plō'çe, n. p. 1000(Rhet.) A figure in which a word is separated or repeated, by way of emphasis, so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality; as, “His…Plŏd, v. i. p. 1000imp. & p. p. PLODD'ED; p. pr. & vb. n. PLODDING.} [Cf. Gael. plod, a clod, to strike or pelt with a clod or clods.] 1. To travel with steady, laborious diligence. Some stupid, plodding, money-loving…Plŏd, v. t. p. 1000To tread with a heavy, laboring step. Barefoot plod I the cold ground. Shak.