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PLAGUE, n. plag. [L. plaga, a stroke; Gr. See Lick and Lay. The primary sense is...
PLA'GIARY, n. [L. plagium, a kidnapping, probably from plagoe,nets, toils, that ...
PLA'GIARIST, n. One that purloins the writings of another and puts them off as h...
PLA'GIARISM, n. [from plagiary.] The act of purloining another man's literary wo...
PLAD, n. A striped or variegated cloth worn by the highlanders in Scotland. It i...
PLACK'ET,n. A petticoat. If this is the sense of the word in Shakespeare, it is ...
PLAC'IT, n. [L. placitum, that which pleases, a decree, from placeo, to please.]...
PLAC'IDNESS, n. Calmness; quiet; tranquillity; unruffled state. 1. Mildness; gen...
PLAC'IDLY, adv. Mildly; calmly; quietly; without disturbance or passion.
PLAC'ID, a. [L. placidus, from placo, to appease.] 1. Gentle; quiet; undisturbed...
PLA'CER, n. One who places, locates or sets.
PLACENTA'TION, n. In botany, the disposition of the cotyledons or lobes in the v...
PLACEN'TAL, a. Pertaining to the placenta.
PLACEN'TA, n. [L.] 1. In anatomy, the substance that connects the fetus to the w...
PLA'CED, pp. Set; fixed; located; established.
PLA'CE-MAN, n. One that has an office under a government.