plaintless

[Eng. plaint: -le .] Without complaint; uncomplaining, unrepining. plait (1), plait, pleat, * playte, * pleight, *pleyte, subst . [O. Fr. ploit , pleit , plet (Fr. pli ) = a fold, from Lat. plicatum , neut. sing. of plicatus , pa. par. of plico (Fr. plier ) = to fold; Gael. pleat ; Welst pleth .] I. Ordinary Language: 1. A flat fold or double; a gather of cloth or simi. lar material. 2. A braid, as of hair, straw, . II. Technically : 1. Naut .: Strands of rope-yarn twisted into foxes, or braided into sennit. 2. Straw - working : The chief varieties are noted under their distinctive names in this dictionary. plait (2), s. [Etym. doubtful.] A kind of small ship; a hoy. ( Blount.) plāit, plăit, * plat, * platte, pleat, * plete, *plite, v. t. [PLAIT, 8.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. To fold, to double, as cloth. 2. To braid; to interweave the locks or strands of; as, to plait hair, to plait a rope. 3. To braid, to border. II. Hat - making : To interweave the felted hairs forming a hat body, by means of pre ure, motion, moisture, and heat. plāit-ěd, plăit'-ěd, pa. par. & a. [PLAIT, v.] A. As pa. par.. (See the verb). B. As adjective : I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit.: Folded, braided, interwoven, knitted. *2. Fig.: Entangled, involved, intricate. "Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides." Shakesp.: Lear, i. 1. II. Bot . ( of cesti vat i on): Folded lengthwise, like the plaits of a closed fan, as the vine, and many palms. plaited-rope, s. [SENNIT.] plāit-er, plăit-er, s. [Eng. plait; -er.] One who or that which plaits. plāit-iě, s. [Eng. plate; dim in. suff. -ie ] A little plate. ( Burns: The Twa Dogs.)