plight2 (plit)

[An erroneous spelling, due to confusion with plight1, of plite1, plyte, plit, state, condition, OF. plite, pliste, condition, Certes I not how, Ne when, all as, I shal the tyme se, That in this plit I may ben eft with yow. Chaucer, Troilus, iii. 1480. When Paris persayuit the plit of his brother, How he was dolfully ded, and drawen in the ost. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 10363. Never knight I saw in such mi eeming plight. Spenser, F. Q., I. ix. 23. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0436.jpg:[graphic] plight For-thy appease your griefe and heavy plight . Spenser , F. Q., II. i. 14. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 34. I think myself in better plight for a lender than you are. Shak ., M. W. of W., ii. 2. 172. Some stone horses came over in good plight. I am lately arrived in Holland in a good Plight of Health. Howell , Letters, I. i. 7. We continued here three weeks in this dismal plight . Add is on, Frozen Words. In piteous plight he knock'd at George's gate, And begg'd for aid, as he described his state. Crabbe , Works, I. 126. IMG:content-0437.png:[blocks in formation] All wayes shee sought him to restore to plight. Spenser, F. Q., III. vii. 21. plight3t, v. t . [An erroneous spelling of plite2 , pliten , plyten , var. of plaiten , plait: see plait , and cf. pleat , platt , v.] 1. To weave, plait; fold. See plait . Her locks are plighted like the fleece of wool That Jason with his Grecian mates atchiev'd. Spenser, F. Q., VI. vii. 43. A long love-lock on his left shoulder plight. P. Fletcher , Purple Island, vii. 23. 4560 One grey plinth , Round whose worn base the wild waves hi and leap. Shelley, Revolt of Islam, ii. 18. Course of a plinth. See course1.- Plinth of a statue, a flat base, whether round or square.-Plinth of a wall, a plain projecting band at the base of a wall, upon which the wall rests. In cla ical and medieval buildings the plinth is sometimes divided into two or more gradations. plinthoid (plinthoid), n . [ πλίνθος , a brick, + εἶδος , form.] A mathematical surface having the general shape of a water-worn brick. Pleiocene .