PLIGHT Plight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Plighting.] Etym: [AS. plihtan to expose to danger, pliht danger;cf. D. verplichten to oblige, engage, impose a duty, G. verpflichten, Sw. förplikta, Dan. forpligte. See Plight, n.]
1. To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; — never applied to property or goods. " To do them plighte their troth." Piers Plowman. He plighted his right hand Unto another love, and to another land. Spenser. Here my inviolable faith I plight. Dryden.
2. To promise; to engage; to betroth. Before its setting hour, divide The bridegroom from the plighted bride. Sir W. Scott.
PLIGHTER
Plight"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, plights.
PLIM
Plim, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Plump.]
Defn: To swell, as grain or wood with water. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
PLIMSOLL'S MARK
Plim"soll's mark`. (Naut.)
Defn: A mark conspicuously painted on the port side of all British sea-going merchant vessels, to indicate the limit of submergence allowed by law; — so called from Samuel Plimsoll, by whose efforts the act of Parliament to prevent overloading was procured.
PLINTH
Plinth, n. Etym: [L. plinthus, Gr. flint: cf. F. plinthe.]