4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake.
5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's Cant]
6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body of which is of an inferior substance.
Plat"er (?), n. (Horse Racing) A horse that runs chiefly in plate, esp. selling-plate, races; hence, an inferior race horse.
Play, v. t. -- To play hob, to play the part of a mischievous spirit; to work mischief.
||Plebs (plbz), n. [L. Cf. Plebe.] 1. The commonalty of ancient Rome who were citizens without the usual political rights; the plebeians; - - distinguished from the patricians.