She will plague the man that loves her most.
Spenser.
Syn. -- To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease;
tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.
Plague"ful (?), a. Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential;
as, plagueful exhalations.
Plague"less, a. Free from plagues or the plague.
Pla"guer (?), n. One who plagues or annoys.
Pla"gui*ly (?), adv. In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely.
[Colloq.] "Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately." Landor.
Pla"guy (?), a. Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse.
[Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud." Shak.
Plaice (?), n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish,
plaice. See Place.] (Zoˆl.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes
platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight
or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys
dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name
is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.]
Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.]
B. Jonson.
Plaid (?), n. [Gael. plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. fr. peallaid a
sheepskin, fr. peall a skin or hide. CF. Pillion.] 1. 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.
2. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or
tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
Plaid, a. 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.
Plaid"ed, a. 1. Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. "In
plaided vest." Wordsworth.