plainstanes

pl. [Eng. plain, a., and Scotch stanes=stones] The pavement of a street. ( Scotch.) "For that Lovel dings a' that ever set foot on the plain stanes o' Fair port."- Scott: Antiquary, ch. xv. plaint, *playnte, *pleint, subst . [O. Fr. pleinte (French plainte ), from Low Lat. plancta =a plant. from Lat. planctus , pa. par. of plan go to lament.) I. Ordinary Language : 1. A lamentation, a lament; a song or expre ion of grief and sorrow. "And heard meanwhile the Psalmist's mournful plaint ." Words worth: Excursion, bk. ii. *2. A complaint of injuries or wrong done. "There are three just grounds of war with Spain; one of plaint, two upon defense."-Bacon: War with Spain. II. Law : A memorial presented to a court in which the complainant sets forth his cause of action; the exhibition of an action in writing. Plaints are the first proce in an inferior court, in the nature of an original writ. plaint-fül, adj. [Eng. plaint; ful (l).] Com plaining; lamenting audibly; plaintive. "To what a sea of miseries my plaintful tongue doth lead me."-Sidney: Arcadia , bk. ii.