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

Lat. plag-a, id.

PLAID, s. Plea.
V. [Plede].

PLAID, s. An outer loose weed of striped and variegated cloth, worn by the Highlanders, S.
Pennant.

Gael. plaide, id.; Teut. plat, what is plain and broad.

PLAIDEN, PLAIDING, s. Coarse woollen cloth, that is tweeled, S.
St. Acc.

From plaid; or C. B. pleth-u, to wreath.

PLAY-FEIR, PLAY-FERE, PLAY-FAIR, s.
1. A playfellow.
Lyndsay.

From play, and [fere], a companion, q. v.

2. Improperly, a toy, S.
Ferguson.

PLAIK, s. A plaid, Ang.