{ Pli"cate (?), Pli"ca*ted (?), } a. [L. plicatus, p. p. of plicare to
fold.] Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf. -- Pli"cate*ly
(#), adv.
Pli*ca"tion (?), n. A folding or fold; a plait. Richardson.
Plic"a*ture (?), n. [L. plicatura, fr. plicare to fold.] A fold; a
doubling; a plication. Dr. H. More.
Plic`i*den"tine (?), n. [LL. plica fold + E. dentine.] (Anat.) A form
of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse
section of the tooth.
Plied (?), imp. & p. p. of Ply.
Pli"ers (?), n. pl. [From Ply to bend, fold.] A kind of small pinchers
with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for
handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc.
Pli"form (?), a. [Ply a fold + -form.] In the form of a ply, fold, or
doubling. [Obs.] Pennant.
Plight (?), obs. imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge. Chaucer.
Plight, obs. imp. & p. p. of Pluck. Chaucer.
Plight, v. t. [OE. pliten; probably through Old French, fr. LL.
plectare, L. plectere. See Plait, Ply.] To weave; to braid; to fold; to
plait.[Obs.] "To sew and plight." Chaucer.
A plighted garment of divers colors.
Milton.
Plight (?), n. A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment. [Obs.]
"Many a folded plight." Spenser.
Plight, n. [OE. pliht danger, engagement, AS. pliht danger, fr. pleÛn
to risk; akin to D. plicht duty, G. pflicht, Dan. pligt. √28. Cf.
Play.] 1. That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or
pledged; security; a gage; a pledge. "That lord whose hand must take my
plight." Shak.
2. [Perh. the same word as plight a pledge, but at least influenced by
OF. plite, pliste, ploit, ploi, a condition, state; cf. E. plight to
fold, and F. pli a fold, habit, plier to fold, E. ply.] Condition;
state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a
luckless plight. "Your plight is pitied." Shak.