Part 625 (1/2)

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._