plight ( gh silent) (1), plite (1)

[A. S. pliht = risk, danger, from plion to risk, to imperil; O. Fris. plicht peril, risk: A. S. plio =danger; O. Dut. plicht duty, debt; Ger. pflicht, from O. H. Ger. plegan = to promise or engage to do.] [PLIGHT (1), v.] I. Ordinary Language : *1. Danger, harm, hurt. ( Havelok , 1,370.) *2. That which is plighted or pledged; a pledge, guarantee, or a urance given; a security. 3. Condition, state, predicament; generally used of a dangerous, risky, or uncomfortable state. ( Milton : P. L., i. 335.) II. Old Eng . Law : (See extract.) " Plight sign if i eth an estate with the habit and quality of the land if it extends to a rent-charge, or to a po ibility of dower."- Coke upon Little ton . *plight ( gh silent) (2), *plite (2), s . [PLIGHT (2), v.] A fold, a double, a plait. "Purfled upon with many a folded plight ." Spenser: F. Q., II. iii. 26. IMG:content-1221.png:[blocks in formation] to fold, to plait.] =plaited.] pli-căt-u-lą, subst . [Dimin. from Lat. plicatus Zool. & Palæont .: A genus of Ostreide. Shell irregular, attached by the umbo of the right valve, which is smooth and plaited; cartilage internal; hinge teeth, two in each valve. Known species, recent, nine, from tropical America, India, Aus- tralia, .; fo il forty, from the Trias onward. pli-ca-ture, s. [Fr., from Lat. plicatura .] A fold, a double, a plication. *pli-ci-pěn-nēs, s. pl . [Lat. plicitus = folded, and penna a feather, a wing.] Entom.: Latreille's name for a section of Neurop- tera containing the Phryganidæ or Caddis-flies. pli-ê, a . [Fr. plié , pa par. of plier to fold, to ply (q. v.).] Her.: The same as CLOSE, a ., II. 1. Min .: A variety of Arsenopyrite (q. v.), according to Rose; but Breithaupt states that it is monoclinic in crystallization. Hardne , 5'5-6; specific gravity, 6-272-6-292; luster, metallic; color, tin white; streak, black. Composition: Same as ARSENOPYRITE (q. v.).