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

Fr. plane, pleine court, id.

PLANE-TREE, s. The maple, S.
Lightfoot.

To PLASH, v. n.
1. To make a noise by dashing water, S.
Pleesk, S. B.
Ramsay.
2. To splash, S.
3. Applied to any thing, which, from being thoroughly drenched, emits the noise occasioned by the agitation of water, S.

Su. G. plask-a, aquam cum sonitu movere.

PLASH of rain, a heavy fall of rain, S.

Belg. plasregen, praeceps imber.

PLASMATOR, s. Maker; Gr.
Complaynt S.

PLASTROUN, s. Perhaps, a harp.
Sir Egeir.

Gr. πληκτρον, the instrument with which the strings of an harp are struck.

To PLAT, PLET, v. a. To plait.
Wyntown.