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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.

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