What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech.
Shak.
Plain"ant (?), n. [See 1st Plain.] (Law) One who makes complaint; the
plaintiff. [Obs.]
Plain"-deal`ing (?), a. Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain
dealing, under Dealing. Shak.
Plain"-heart`ed (?), a. Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-
heart`ed*ness, n.
Plain"ing, n. Complaint. [Poetic] Shak.
Plain"ing, a. Complaining. [Poetic] Bryant.
Plain"-laid` (?), a. (Naut.) Consisting of strands twisted together in
the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.
Plain"ly, adv. In a plain manner; clearly.
Plain"ness, n. The quality or state of being plain.
Plains"man (?), n.; pl. - men (&?;). One who lives in the plains.
Plain"-spo`ken (?), a. Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also,
spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.
Plaint (?), n. [OE. plainte, pleynte, F. plainte, fr. L. plangere,
planctum (plancta, fem. p. p.), to beat, beat the breast, lament. Cf.
Complain, Plague, Plangent.] 1. Audible expression of sorrow;
lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament. Chaucer."The
Psalmist's mournful plaint." Wordsworth.