2. A field of battle. [Obs.] Arbuthnot.

Lead forth my soldiers to the plain.

Shak.

Plain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plained (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Plaining.]

[Cf. Plane, v.] 1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the

surface. [R.]

We would rake Europe rather, plain the East.

Wither.

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