Ply

v. a. (plien, to work at any thing, — old Dutch.) 1. ‘To work on any thing closely and importunately (Dryden). 2. To em-— ploy with diligence; to. keep busy; to set on work (Hudibras). 3. To practise diligently _ (Milton). 4. To solicit importunately (Sow.). To Pry. v.n. 1. To work, or offer ser-— vice (Spectator). 2. To go in haste (Milton). — 3. To busy one’s self (Dryden). 4. (plier, French.) To bend (L’Estrange). Py. s. (from the verb.) 1. Bent; furng” form; cast; bias, (Bacon), 2. Plait; fold” (Arbuthnot).