Plu"vi*al, n. [LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F.
pluvial.] A priest's cope.
Plu`vi*am"e*ter (?), n. See Pluviometer.
Plu`vi*a*met"ric*al (?), a. See Pluviometrical.
Plu"vi*an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The crocodile bird.
Plu`vi*om"e*ter (?), n. [L. pluvia rain + -meter: cf. F. pluviomËtre.]
An instrument for ascertaining the amount of rainfall at any place in a
given time; a rain gauge.
Plu`vi*o*met"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F. pluviomÈtrique.] Of or pertaining
to a pluviometer; determined by a pluviometer.
||Plu`vi`Ùse" (?), n. [F. See Pluvious.] The fifth month of the French
||republican calendar adopted in 1793. It began January 20, and ended
||February 18. See VendÈmiaire.
Plu"vi*ous (?), a. [L. pluviosus, pluvius, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F.
pluvieux. See Pluvial, a.] Abounding in rain; rainy; pluvial. Sir T.
Browne.
Ply (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Plying (?).]
[OE. plien, F. plier to fold, to bend, fr. L. plicare; akin to Gr. &?;,
G. flechten. Cf. Apply, Complex, Display, Duplicity, Employ, Exploit,
Implicate, Plait, Pliant, Flax.] 1. To bend. [Obs.]
As men may warm wax with handes plie.
Chaucer.
2. To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with
repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one
with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.