Plagiostoma 
Plagiostoma- i pla-ji o<'to-m8), . pi. [NL.. 
milt, pi.: see plagtottomt.] 8ame as i'lui/io- 
Plagiostomata(pl8'ji-o-8t6 / ma-tii ),.;/. [NL.; 
f(.i'liiilii>tti>iini-.] Tin' I'laiiiiisliniii s an order 
ul' I'huiiilriiptiriii/ii. t! anther. 
plagiostomatous (pla'ji-o-stoin'a-tus), a. [< 
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after a period of Incubation of from two to seven days, be- 
gin suddenly with prostration, headache, dizziness, and 
sometimes vomiting and diarrhea; after a few hours or one 
or two days a chill develops, followed by high fever with 
noisy delirium, passing Into coma : on the second to the 
[< Or. 
. Pla- 
plagiostome (pla'ji-o-stom), a. and n. 
-/i;iof, oblique, + ar6ua, mouth.] I. 
giostomous. 
II. H. A plagiostomoiis fish ; any member of 
the j'liii/iiixtiinn. as a selachian. 
Plagiostomi (pla-ji-os'to-mi), . pi. [NL., < 
tlr. JT/.II;. iof , oblique, + cropa, mouth.] In the 
older systems, an order of chondropterygian 
or elasmobranchiate fishes, including all the 
sharks and rays. In some recent systems it has been 
used as a superordinal or subclass name of the same group. 
IU characteristics are the development of a distinct sus- 
penaorliim for the mandible (consisting of the undivided 
palatoquadrate cartilage), five to seven pain of branchial 
apertures, and no opei culuni. 
plagiostomous (pla-ji-os'to-mus), a. [As Fla- 
giostomi + -oiis.J Of or pertaining to the Pla- 
ijiuntonti. Also pliii/iii-1/iiiiiiitoun. 
Plagiotoma (pla-ji-ot'6-mH), i. [NL. (Dujar- 
din), < Gr. xXdytof, obfique, + -ropof, <. riuvetv, 
ra/uiv, cut.] A genus of heterotrichous ciliate 
infusorians of the family Hursariidx. P. IHIH- 
brici is known as the bean-animalcule of the in- 
testine of the earthworm. 
Plagiotremata (pla'ji-o-tre'ma-tft), n.pl. [NL., 
( Or. ir/.d)iof, oblique, + rpfipa, hole.] A sub- 
class of Reptilia: same as Lepidosauria. 
plagiotropic (pla'ji-o-trop'ik), a. [< Gr. irt.a- 
ju>f, oblique, -r rpoTros, a turning, direction, <. 
rpinttv, turn.] In bot., exhibiting or charac- 
terized by plagiotropism. 
plagiotropically (pla'ji-o-trop'i-kal-i), adr. 
With plajfiotropism. 
plagiotropism (pla-ji-ot'i-o-pizm), . [< pla- 
i/iotrop-ic + -*.] In bot., oblique geotropism ; 
a turning by which the organs of certain plants 
have their long axes more or less divergent from 
the vertical that is, across the direction of 
gravitation or of the ray of light. Compare or- 
thotro]ii,im. 
The plaguitropiiim of dorsl- ventral organs, such as shoots 
and leaves, Is a more complicated phenomenon. It is the 
resultant expression of the effect of light and of gravity 
upon them, promoted, in many cases, by their own weight. 
In some cases light, and in others gravity, Is the deter- 
mining factor. Vines, i'hyslol. of Plants, p. 502. 
plagium (pla'ji-um), n. [L., kidnapping: see 
plagiary.] In eiril and Scots lair, the crime of 
stealing men, women, or children, formerly pun- 
ishable with death. 
Plagopterinae (pla-gop-te-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL., 
< Plagiipterut + -inf.] A subfamily of cypri- 
noid fishes: same as Medina. 
Plagopterus (pla-gop'te-rtis), n. [NL. (Cope. 
!Hi4), so called with ref. to the large dorsal 
spine, which is capable of inflicting a wound ; 
( L. plaga, a wound, + Gr. rrrcpfo, wing (fin).] 
A genus of cyprinoid fishes, with a stout spine 
on the front or the dorsal fin : same as Meda. 
plague (plag), . [< ME. plage. < OF. plague, 
plage, vernacularly plaie, r . mate = .Sp. plaga, 
plague, llaga, wound, sore, ulcer, = Pg. chaga, 
wound, sore, ulcer, = It. piaga, wound, sore, 
calamity, = D. plaag = MLG. plage = OHG.pId- 
ga, MHG. blage, plage, pflage,pMag,Oi. plage = 
Icel. plaga = 8w. plaga = Dan. plage, vl&fpn; 
< LL. plaga, a plague, pestilence, affliction, 
slaughter, destruction; particular uses of L. 
I'liii/n, a blow, shock, cut, thrust, injury, mis- 
fortune ( = Or. -'"/;> a bio w, shock, wound, mis- 
fortune), < plangere (/ plag) = Or. jrA//cw<v, 
strike.] 1. A blow or calamity ; severe trouble 
or vexation; also, one who or that which trou- 
bles or vexes, or ravages or destroys. 
( Hi, what a plague were It that a strange king, uf a strange 
land and of a strange religion, should reign over na! 
Latimer, 1st Sermon bet. Edw. VI., i;.|. 
He had a wife was the plague o' hla days. 
Farmer's Old Wife (Child's Ballads, VIII. 257). 
Hut of all plague*, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, 
Save, save, oh, save me from the candid friend ! 
Caiutuiff, Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, p. 242. 
In 1280 the Bishop of Hebron, vicegerent of the patriarch, 
ends the thanks of the Franks, and adds that Armenia 
and Cyprus have lieen laid waste by a plague of locusts. 
.StuMw, Medieval and Modem Hist., p. 180. 
I there In scattered localities over a thousand years. 
It has appeared In various regions ( Ecypt. Turkey, ferula, 
etc.) In the nineteenth century : the last occurrence In 
Europe was In the Volga district. In ls"a . Typical cases, 
solve ; there may also lie carbuncles, boils, and pete-chic ; 
convalescence begins from the sixth to the tenth day. The 
mortality Is extreme, sometimes running as high as 1)6 per 
cent The black-death of the fourteenth century may 
have been a modified form of this plague ; so, too, the 1'all 
plague. Also called the pe$t,the pest&ence.glandular plague 
or pestilence inguinal plague, Levant or Levantine plague, 
Justinian plague. 
Therfore a gret fool were he that wolde presume to cure 
these plagis of pestilence that ben vncurable. 
00* of Quinte Essence (ed. Fumivall), p. 24. 
A plague upon the people fell, 
A famine after laid them low. 
Tennyson, The Victim. 
3. As an expletive with the article the, used 
like the devil, the deuce, etc. Compare devil, 7. 
How the plague shall I be able to pass for a Jew? 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, III. 1. 
Indian plague, a pestilential disease which prevailed lo- 
cally in northwestern India during the nineteenth century, 
similar In some respects to the plague as described under 
def. 2, and perhaps Identical with It Also called I'nli 
plague. Plague on or upon, may a plague or curse de- 
scend upon (tile person or thing mentioned): commonly 
used lightly, In a diminished sense, and expressing mere 
annoyance. 
A plague o' both your houses ! 
Shale., R. and .1., ill. 1. 94. 
Plague on your pity, ma'am ! I desire none of It. 
tUi,-riil<ni. School for Scandal, v. 2. 
To be at the plague, to take the trouble. (Scotch.) 
But I can seldom be at the plague, an' It blnna when my 
bluid 's up. Scott, Heart of Mid-Lothian, xxvi. 
plague (plag), r. t. ; pret. and pp. plagued, ppr. 
plaguing. [= MLG. plagen = MHO. G. plageii 
= Sw. plagu = Dan. plage = OF. plater, hurt, 
= Sp. llaqar, hurt, ptagar, plague, = Pg. chagar, 
hurt, = It. piagare, wound, hurt, < ULi.plagare, 
wound, < L. jilagit, a blow, wound : see plague, 
.] 1. To vex; harass; trouble; annoy; tease. 
We but teach 
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return 
loplafut the Inventor. Shalt., Macbeth, L 7. 10. 
I think you arc very foolish to plague yourself so. 
Sheridan ('/), The Camp, li. 1. 
2. To infest with disease, calamity, or natural 
evil of any kind. 
Thus were they plagued, 
And worn with famine. Mvltvn, P. L., x. 672. 
= 8yn. 1. Torment, Worry, etc. (see lease;, gall, bore. 2. 
To afflict. 
plaguefult (plag'ful), . |< plague + -ful.'} 
Abounding with plagues; infected with plagues. 
Mir. for Mag*. 
plague-mark (plag'miirk), . Kame as playue- 
itiiot. 
plaguer (pla'ger), w. [< plague + -er 1 .] One 
who plagues or vexes. 
plague-sore (plag'sor), n. A sore resulting 
from the plague. 
Thou art a lull, 
A plague-tore, an embossed carbuncle, 
In my corrupted blood. Shut., Lear, II. 4. 227. 
Come no more near me : 
Thou art a plague-tore to me. 
Fletcher, Iluraorous Lieutenant, Iv. 4. 
plague-spot (plag'spot), n. 1. A spot charac- 
teristic of the plague or of some foul disease. 
The Idea that he had deprived Sybil of her inheritance 
had . . . been the plague tpot of Hatton's life. 
Dimteli, Sybil, vi. IS. 
2. A spot or locality where the plague or other 
foul disease is prevalent. 
plaguily (pla'gi-li), inlr. In a manner to vex, 
harass, or embarrass ; vexatiously; hence also, 
humorously, greatly. [Colloq.] 
Most wicked woman, that hast so plaguily a corrupted 
mind as thou canst not keep thy sickness to thyself, but 
must most wickedly Infect others. 
Mr i: Sidney, Arcadia, Hi. 
I am hurt plaguily. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, II. 2. 
He was ptaguily afraid and humbled. 
flu-ifl, To Stella, x\xL 
plaguy (pla'gi), o. [< plague + -yl.] If. Plague- 
stncken; infected with the plague; marked by 
the plague or other foul disease. 
Methlnks I tee him entering . . . plaguy houses, 
Reaching his dose, walking Moorflelds for lepers. 
B. Jorum, Alchemist, I. 1. 
Complaining to me of their bad takings all the hut 
plaguy summer. Jliddlettm, Black Book. 
2. Troublesome; vexatious; annoying. [Hu- 
morous.] 
This dragon he had R plaguy hide. 
Which 1<I Imth woril and spear abide 
Sir W,i,,,.,r, (Chilli's Ballad., VIII. 197). 
plaiding 
oh, 'twas * plaguy thump, charg'd with a vengeance ! 
Fletcher, Mad Lover, v. 4. 
plaguy (pla'gi), arfr. [(.plaguy, a.] Vexatious- 
ly; deucedly: as, plaguy hard; a plaguy long 
time. [Humorous.] 
He looked plaguy sour at me. Hteele, Taller, No. :>f,. 
You're so plaguy shy that one would think you hud 
changed sexes. GoldtmUn, Oood-natured Man, II. 
plaice (plas), n. [Formerly &loplaise, plmv; 
< ME. plaice, playce, plcise, < OF. jilais, plain, F. 
plaise, also plateuse, plie = Bp. plafya, < LL. 
platessa, a flatfish, plaice, < Gr. jrP.nrir, flat: see 
plat 3 . Cf. pltice, from the same ult. source.] 
1. A fish of the family Plenronectidie and 
Common Plaice (Plturtmff trt flatetaa). 
Pleuronectes, P. platessa. It Is a well known Brit- 
ish food-fish, not found in American waters, growing to a 
weight of 8 or 10 pounds. See also cut under agymtnetry. 
2. Hence, by extension, any one of various 
flatfishes or flounders of the family Pleuronec- 
tidx. Citharichthyt sordidui Is a plaice common along 
the Pacific coast of America. Hhmnbuidichthyt lunatut is 
a Bermuda plaice. The smooth plaice, or smooth-backed 
flounder, is I'levroneete* glabcr. 
plaice-moutht (plas'mouth), n. A small wry 
mouth, like that of the plaice. 
Some innocent out of the hospital, that would stand with 
her hands thus, and a plaise mouth, and look upon you ? 
li. jonton, Kpiccene, ill. 2. 
plaice-mouthedt (plas'moutht), a. Having a 
wry mouth like that of a plaice; wry-mouthed. 
And keep his plaite-mouth'd wife in welts and gardes. 
Lodge, in Beloe's Anec. of Scarce Books, II. 113. (Kara.) 
plaid (plad or plad), . and a. [< Gael, plnide 
(= IT. plaide), a blanket, plaid, contr. of jiel- 
laid, a sheepskin, < pealle, 
a skin, hide: see pelH.] 
1. . 1. A garment of 
woolen cloth, often hav- 
ing a tartan pattern. See 
tartan. It is a large rectan- 
gular piece of woolen stuff, and 
is worn in Scotland by both 
sexes for warmth and for pro- 
tection against the weather. It 
is a special dress of the High- 
landers, and forms part of the 
uniform of certain infantry 
regiment* In the British army. 
A variety of the plaid Is called 
maud. 
My plaid awa, my plaid away, 
Andowre the hills and far awa. 
The Eljtn Knight (Child's Bal- 
llads, I. 130). 
A hlmatlon, worn In the fash- 
ion of a shawl, as occasionally on 
early Ureek ngurea, or as a plaid. 
Eneyc. Brit., vf. 455. 
2. In general, any fabric 
having a pattern consisting of colored bars or 
stripes crossing each other in imitation of the 
Scottish tartan. 3. A pattern of bars cross ing 
each other at right angles on anything. Belted 
plaid. See belted. Shepherd's plaid. Same as ihep- 
nerd's tartan (which see, under tartan). 
II. a. 1. Ornamented with a pattern of bars 
or stripes of color crossing one another at right 
angles: said especially of textile fabrics: as. 
a plaid silk ribbon; a plaid waistcoat. 2. 
Checkered. [U. H.; an improper use.] 
plaided (plad'ed or pla'ded), a. [< plaiil + 
-erf 2 .] 1. Made of plaid, or having a similar 
pattern; tartan. 
A military troop 
Cheered by the Highland bagpipe, as they marched 
In plaided vest M'ordrtnirlh. 
2. Wearing a plaid. 
All plaided and plumed In their tartan array. 
Campbell, Lochlel's Warning. 
plaiden (plad'en or pla'den), . A corruption 
uf ttlniiliiiii. 
plaiding (plad'ing or pla'ding), . [< plaid + 
-/</'.] 1. A strong woolen fabric differingf rom 
flannel in licin^' twilled. It is used for blan- 
kets and plaids, ami scum- times for di> 
[Scotch.] 2. Plaid; tartan. 3. A pl*i<M 
pattern. 
Icr wearing modem 
separate Plaid. 
