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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
adj. Plump, puffy, fleshy.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pluffer: A pea-shooter.
plug, plug-shot,
plug [plʌg]
n. A plug.
v. To plug.
n. A plug.
v. To plug.
Compounds and phrases etc.
plug-shot: An explosive in a small hole to break rock.
pleet, pleeter, pleetit, pleut, pleutit, plöt, plötin, plötit, pluit, pluitin, pluitit,
pluit [I. plølt, plit]
v. To cry in a weak, feeble way, to whine, moan. To speak in a querulous, whining voice, complain.
v. To cry in a weak, feeble way, to whine, moan. To speak in a querulous, whining voice, complain.
Compounds and phrases etc.
pluitin: Crying feebly, whining.
plum, plumb, plummar, plummer,
plum [plʌm]
n. A lead sinker. A deep pool in a river or on the sea-bed, a drop. A deep hole.
adv. Straight, in an undeviating manner, wholeheartedly.
v. To drop through water like a stone, to plunge down perpendicularly, to dive.
n. A lead sinker. A deep pool in a river or on the sea-bed, a drop. A deep hole.
adv. Straight, in an undeviating manner, wholeheartedly.
v. To drop through water like a stone, to plunge down perpendicularly, to dive.
Compounds and phrases etc.
plummer: A plumber.
plomat, plummet,
plummet [ˈplʌmət]
n. The pommel of a sword.
n. The pommel of a sword.
plum, plump, plumper, plumpit,
plump [plʌmp]
n. A heavy fall, a thud, a plunge into water. A heavy downpour of rain.
v. Of rain: to fall heavily.
pt. pp. plumpit
n. A heavy fall, a thud, a plunge into water. A heavy downpour of rain.
v. Of rain: to fall heavily.
pt. pp. plumpit
Compounds and phrases etc.
plumper [ˈplʌmpər]: The plunger of a plunge churn. A bumper. A hearty drink.
plounge, plunge, sploonge, sploongin, splounge, sploungin, splunge,
plunge [plʌn(d)ʒ]
also with prothetic s SEC. splunge [splʌn(d)ʒ] and splounge [splun(d)ʒ]
v. To plunge. To splash about with the hands or feet in water, to flounder. To soak.
also with prothetic s SEC. splunge [splʌn(d)ʒ] and splounge [splun(d)ʒ]
v. To plunge. To splash about with the hands or feet in water, to flounder. To soak.
Compounds and phrases etc.
sploungin: SEC. Wet through, soaking, sopping. Of ground: boggy.
plank, planked, plankit, pleunkie, pleunkie, plink, plonk, plung, plunk, plunk, plunked, plunker, plunkey, plunkey, plunki, plunki, plunkie, plunkie, plunkit, plunky, plunky,
plunk [plʌŋk]
n. A heavy fall, plump, or plunge, such a sound, a pop. A flick.
adv. With a dull, heavy sound, plump! In a sudden way, quickly, all at once.
v. To fall into water with a dull heavy sound, to plop. To drop an object into water. To play truant, to conceal oneself.
pt. pp. plunkit
n. A heavy fall, plump, or plunge, such a sound, a pop. A flick.
adv. With a dull, heavy sound, plump! In a sudden way, quickly, all at once.
v. To fall into water with a dull heavy sound, to plop. To drop an object into water. To play truant, to conceal oneself.
pt. pp. plunkit
Compounds and phrases etc.
plunker: A heavy glass or clay marble. A school truant.
plunkie: MN. A homemade sweetmeat made of treacle or syrup and flour. I. A practical joke, prank, a stratagem, wile, trick. A difficult situation, a predicament, quandary,
plunky: I. Cunning, sly, full of guile, tricky.
plunkie: MN. A homemade sweetmeat made of treacle or syrup and flour. I. A practical joke, prank, a stratagem, wile, trick. A difficult situation, a predicament, quandary,
plunky: I. Cunning, sly, full of guile, tricky.