plomme, plommee

See plombée. plongelt, v. A Middle English form of plunge. plonge2 (plonj), v. t.; pret. and pp. plonged, ppr. plonging. [ F.plonger, plunge: see plunge, v.] To cleanse, as open sewers, by stirring up the mud with a pole as the tide in a tidal river is on the ebb. Plonging is distinguished from flushing, the method used for covered sewers. Mayhew. plonge (plonj), n. [F.: see plunge, n.] 1. Milit., the superior slope of a parapet.-2. The course of a bomb from its greatest altitude to the point of fall; the descending branch of its trajectory. plongée (plôn-zhā'), n. [F.: see plonge2, n.] Same as plonge2. lop (plop) pp. plopped, ppr. plook, plooky, n. See plowk, plowky. plop (plop), v. i.; pret. and pp. plopping. [Imitative. ve. Cf. plap.] To fall or plump into water. Mrs. Gaskell, Mary Barton. [Prov. Eng.]