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- English Word Plinth Definition In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column.
- English Word Pliocene Definition Of, pertaining to, or characterizing, the most recent division of the Tertiary age.
- English Word Pliocene Definition The Pliocene period or deposits.
- English Word Pliohippus Definition An extinct genus of horses from the Pliocene deposits. Each foot had a single toe (or hoof), as in the common horse.
- English Word Pliosaurus Definition An extinct genus of marine reptiles allied to Plesiosaurus, but having a much shorter neck.
- English Word Plitt Definition An instrument of punishment or torture resembling the knout, used in Russia.
- English Word Ploc Definition A mixture of hair and tar for covering the bottom of a ship.
- English Word Ploce Definition 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 wife's a wife indeed."
- English Word Plod Definition To travel slowly but steadily; to trudge.
- English Word Plod Definition To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently.
- English Word Plod Definition To walk on slowly or heavily.
- English Word Plodded Definition of Plod
- English Word Plodder Definition One who plods; a drudge.
- English Word Plodding Definition of Plod
- English Word Plodding Definition Progressing in a slow, toilsome manner; characterized by laborious diligence; as, a plodding peddler; a plodding student; a man of plodding habits.
- English Word Plonge Definition To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.
- English Word Plongee Definition A slope or sloping toward the front; as, the plongee of a parapet; the plongee of a shell in its course.
- English Word Plot Definition A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
- English Word Plot Definition A plantation laid out.
- English Word Plot Definition A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale.
- English Word Plot Definition To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate.
- English Word Plot Definition Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
- English Word Plot Definition A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
- English Word Plot Definition Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
- English Word Plot Definition A plan; a purpose.
- English Word Plot Definition In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem, comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
- English Word Plot Definition To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially against a government or those who administer it; to conspire.
- English Word Plot Definition To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
- English Word Plot Definition To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
- English Word Plot-proof Definition Secure against harm by plots.