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hen$s_plooks, hen$s_plouks, hen$s_plukes, pleuk, pleuks, ploog, ploogs, plook, plookie, plookie, plookit, plooks, plooky, plooky, plouk, ploukie, ploukie, ploukit, plouks, plouky, plouky, pluke, plukes, plukey, plukey, plukie, plukie, plukit,
plouk [pluk]
n. A pimple.
dim. ploukie
pl. plouks. Pimples, spots, acne.
ploukit
adj. Pimply, spotty.
plouky
adj. Pimply, spotty.
Compounds and phrases etc.
hen's plouks: Goose pimples.
ploom, plooms, ploum, ploums,
ploum [plum]
n. A plum.
Compounds and phrases etc.
soor ploums [ˈsu(ə)r-]: Having 'sour grapes'.
plap, plappit, ploop, plope, ploup, plowp, plowpit,
plowp [plʌup, S. U. plop]
n. A plop.
v. To plop.
pt. pp. plowpit
complowsible, plosible, plowsible,
plowsible [kɔmˈplʌuzɪbl]
adj. Plausible. Of people: Agreeable, pleasant, friendly, likeable.
complowsible
adj. Reasonable.
plooster, plouster, plowster, pluister,
plowster [ˈplʌustər]
also plouster [ˈplustər]
n. A mess, a muddle, an incompetent messy worker, a bungler.
v. To work messily in mud etc, flounder about,
pleit, pleiter, pleiterin, pleitin, pleuter, pleuterin, plite, pliter, pliterie, pliterin, plitery, plitin, plitter, plitterie, plitterin, ploit, ploiter, ploiterin, ploitery, ploot, plooter, plooterin, plootin, plootrie, plout, plouter, plouterie, plouterin, ploutin, plowd, plowder, plowderie, plowderie, plowderin, plowdery, plowetery, plowt, plowter, plowterin, plowtery, plowtin, pluiter, pluiterin, pluitter, pluitterin, plut, pluterie, pluts, plyte, plyter, plyterie, plyterin, plytery, plytin, pootle, pottle,
plowt [plʌut]
also plout [plut, plʌt], MN. plite [pləit]
n. A noisy fall or plunge into water etc. A splash, plop. A downpour of rain. Boiled and jellied meat.
v. To plunge, thrust, set down heavily, walk heavy footed. To spout, squirt, splash.
plowter [ˈplʌutər], plouter [ˈplutər, ˈpløtər], MN. pliter [ˈpləitər]
v. To wade, flounder, dabble. Scald with boiling water.
plowterie [ˈplʌutəri], plouterie [ˈplutəri, ˈpløtəri], plitterie [ˈplɪtəri], MN. pliterie [ˈpləitəri]
adj. Wet, muddy. Of the weather etc: wet, showery. Of work: messy, dirty, disagreeable.
Compounds and phrases etc.
plowterin, plouterin, pliterin: Plunging or splashing about (in liquid). Working ineffectually. Feckless, ineffectual, useless, worthless.
plowtin, ploutin, plitin: MN. Feeble and ineffective in one's actions or deeds, useless and inefficient.
ploy,
ploy [ploi]
n. A venture, enterprise, undertaking. A piece of business, scheme, plan. A piece of fun, a frolic, a trick, a practical joke. A social gathering or party.
aliplukkins, ali-plukkins, aulie-pluckins, banipluckins, beni-plukkins, plick, pluck, plucker, pluckit, plukk, plukker, plukket,
pluck [plʌk]
n. That which has been or can be plucked up. A plucking, a twitching. A tap, a slight nudge or push.
v. To pluck, To take turnips out of the ground with a pluck. To attack, fight.
pt. pp. pluckit
Compounds and phrases etc.
aalie-pluckins I.Sh.: Wool plucked from the belly of a sheep.
banipluckins [I.Sh. benɪ-, bɛnɪ-]: Wool from dead sheep.
craw the pluck: A bone to pick.
great plucker: I.Sh. The angler fish Lophius piscatorius.
plucker: A kind of spoke-shave, a tool for planing a curved surface. A head- or side-plane. The fatherlasher Myoxocephalus scorpius, angler fish Lophius piscatorius or I. longspined sea-scorpion Taurulus bubalis.
pluff, pluffer, pluffie, pluffy, pluiff,
pluff [plʌf]
n. A mild explosion, whiff or puff of air, smoke or gunpowder etc. Anything of a dry, soft, crumbly or spongy texture which disintegrates easily into dust.
dim. pluffie A kind of toffee. MN. The porpoise Phocaena phocaena.
adv. With a puff, whoof!
v. To puff out a cloud of smoke, breath or air etc.
pluffie [ˈplʌfe]
adj. Plump, puffy, fleshy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pluffer: A pea-shooter.
plug, plug-shot,
plug [plʌg]
n. A plug.
v. To plug.
Compounds and phrases etc.
plug-shot: An explosive in a small hole to break rock.
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