pluviose

[Fr. rainy, from Lat. pluviosus, from pluvia rain.] The name adopted, in Octo ber, 1793, by the French Convention for the fifth month of the republican year. It commenced on January 20th, and was the second winter month. plu-vi-ous, adj. [Lat. pluviosus, from pluvia = rain.] Rainy, pluvial, damp. ply, plie, v . t . & i. [Fr. plier =to fold, plait, ply, bend, from Lat. plico =to fold, cogn. with Gr. plekō to weave; Ru . pleste =to plait; Ger. flechten = to braid, twist. From the same root come apply , comply , imply , accomplice , complex , perplex , ex plicit, deploy, display, employ, simple, double, treble, duplicate, .] A. Transitive : *1. To turn, to bend. ( Gower, C. A.,vii.) *2. To mold, to fashion. 3. To employ with diligence; to keep busy or employed. "They ply their feet, and still the restle ball Tost to and fro, is urged by all." Waller: Danger Escaped by His Majesty . *4. To endeavor to utilize; to try. "We plyed all the floods to the win dewar des."- Hack luyt: Voyages, i. 279. 5. To practice or perform with diligence; to busy or occupy one's self in. "He plies his weary journey." Words worth: Old Cumber land Beggar . 6. To urge or solicit with importunity; to pre with solicitations; to solicit. "Canst thou not gue wherefore she plies thee thus?" Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iv. 1. 7. To pre hard with blows or mi iles; to beset; P to a ail briskly; as, to ply one with questions. 8. To pre upon one's acceptance; to urge persistently to accept; to offer or supply anything too perseveringly; as, to ply one with drink, or flat IMG:content-1246.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To busy one's self; to be busily occupied or employed; to work diligently and steadily. "A bird new made about the banks she plies , Not far from shore, and short excursions tries." Dryden: Ovid; Ceyx and Alcyone. Used also of the instruments employed. *3. To go in haste, to hasten, to betake one's self quickly. ( Milton : P. L. , ii. 954.) *4. To offer service; to seek for employment. "He was forced to ply in the streets as a porter for his livelihood."- Add is on : Spectator . 5. To run or sail regularly to and fro between two ports or places, as a vehicle or ve el; to make trips. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia ply plӯ, *plie, s. [PLY, v.] 1. A twist, a fold, a plait, a turn. "That's the muckle black stane-cast twa plies round it."- Scott: Antiquary, ch. vii. Often used in composition to denote the num ber of twists; as, a three- ply carpet. 2. A strand in a rope. 3164