plurality, plural i tie

[Fr. plural ité, from Lat. pluralitatem, acc us. of plural it as, from plural is plural (q.v.); Ital. plural ità; Sp. plural or condition by which one may be supposed to be encircled, enveloped, or overwhelmed. *3. A state of difficulty or distre by which one is surrounded or overwhelmed; strait, distre . "Any thing at a plunge , would be received which came to his relief." - War burton : Divine Legation , bk. vi., § 6. 4. The act of pitching or throwing the body for- ward, and the hind legs up, as an unruly horse. 5. Reckle , heavy betting. ( Racing slang .) "She was made the medium of a heavy plunge."-Lon- don Standard.