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- English Word Plagium Definition Manstealing; kidnaping.
- English Word Plagose Definition Fond of flogging; as, a plagose master.
- English Word Plague Definition That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
- English Word Plague Definition An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague.
- English Word Plague Definition To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.
- English Word Plague Definition Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
- English Word Plagued Definition of Plague
- English Word Plagueful Definition Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.
- English Word Plagueless Definition Free from plagues or the plague.
- English Word Plaguer Definition One who plagues or annoys.
- English Word Plaguily Definition In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely.
- English Word Plaguing Definition of Plague
- English Word Plaguy Definition Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud."
- English Word Plaice Definition A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.
- English Word Plaice Definition A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species.
- English Word Plaid Definition A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.
- English Word Plaid Definition Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
- English Word Plaid Definition Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.
- English Word Plaided Definition Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan.
- English Word Plaided Definition Wearing a plaid.