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

A. S. plaega, play, sport, with the termination isc, or isk, expressive of increment.

PLODDERE, s. A banger, a mauler.
Wyntown.

O. Fr. plaud-er, to bang, to maul.

PLOY, s.
1. A harmless frolic, properly of a social kind, S.
Sir J. Sinclair.
2. A frolic, which, although begun in jest, has a serious issue, S.
Ross.

A. S. pleg-an, to play.

To PLOT, v. a.
1. To scald, S.
Ramsay.
2. To make any liquid scalding hot, S.
3. To burn, in a general sense.
Forbes.

PLOTCOCK, s. The devil.
Pitscottie.

According to some, Pluto, whose Isl. name is Blotgod. Our term may be q. Blotkok, "the swallower of sacrifices;" from blot, sacrificing, and kok-a, deglutire.

PLOUD, s. A green sod, Aberd.
Stat. Acc.

Fland. plot-en, membranam exuere.