An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

PLACAD, PLACKET, s. A placard, S.
Pitscottie.

Teut. plackaet, decretum, from placken, to fix.

PLACE, s.
1. The mansion-house on an estate, S.
Spalding.
2. A castle, a strong hold.
Keith.

Fr. place, a castle.

PLACEBOE, s. A parasite.
Knox.

Lat. placebo, I will please; still used in France.

PLACK, PLAK, s.
1. A billon coin.
Acts Ja. III.
2. A small copper coin, formerly current in S., equal to the third part of an English penny.
Morysone.

Fr. plaque, Teut. placke, L. B. placa; a small coin of various value according to the country.

Plackless, adj. Moneyless, S.

PLAGE, s. Quarter, point.
Pal. Hon.