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

PLEDE, PLEID, PLEYD, s.
1. Debate.
Wyntown.
2. A quarrel, a broil.
Chr. Kirk.
3. Care, sorrow.
Dunbar.

Belg. pleyte, lis, Fr. plaid.

To Plede, Pleid, v. n. To contend.
Doug.

To PLEDGE, v. a. To invite to drink, by promising to take the cup after another, S.; a vestige of the ancient custom of one drawing his dagger, as a token that he pledged his life for that of another, while he was drinking.

To PLEESK, v. n.
V. [Plash].

PLEY, PLEYE, s.
1. A debate, S.
Poems Buchan Dial.
2. An action at law, whether criminal or civil, S.
Reg. Maj.

A. S. pleo, pleoh, danger, debate.

To Pley, v. n. To answer in a court.
Burr. Lawes.

PLEINYEOUR, s. A complainer.
Acts Ja. II.

To PLENYE, v. n.
V. [Plainyie].