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Plodder or Plodding fellow, sedulus, di- 
ligens ; cpii multa secum attente cogi- 
tat, ineditatur, commentatur. 
PLOT ( conspiracy ), conjuratio, conspira- 
tio: (design), consilium, ratio.- 9 sham 
plot, conjuratio commentitia. — I know 
it is a plot among them, scio rem de com- 
pacto geri. — He is privy to their plots, J 
intimus est eorum consiliis. — You have 
marred all my plots, conturbasti mihi ra- 1 
tiones omnes. — He has a plot against 
me, me petit.-IT The plot cf a play, 
consilium priecipuum or primarium.- 1 
IT The plot of a building, formte ffidificii 1 
descriptio, iclinographia. — A plot or 
model of the front, ortliograpliia.-If A 
plot or piece of ground, agellus. — A 
square plot, area quadrata. 
To Plot ( contrive or devise), comnriniscor, 
excogito, rationes inire, exquirere or ex¬ 
pen de re ; consilia capere ad aliquid ef- 
ficiendum : (conspire), conjure, conspi- 
ro; mol ior, no vis rebus studere.; insidi- 
as parare or struere. — 9 plotting or de¬ 
signing genius, ingenium ad res novas 
excogitandas or comminiscendas acu- 
tum. — You are plotting mischief, pestem 
machinaris. 1 
Plotter, conjuratus. 
Plotting against, conjuratio, conspira- 1 
tio. 
PLOUGH, aratrum. — 9 ploughman, ara- i 
tor ; agricola, cultor agri. — A Plough¬ 
share, vomer. — The plough tail, Plough- 1 
handle, stiva. — Plough-geers, retinacula 
de helcio dependentia. — Plough-oxen, 1 
boves aratorii. — A plough-staff, rulla. — 
A plough-land, arvum. 
To Plough or till the ground, aro, exaro ; 
terram colere or subigere; agrum pro- 1 
scindere or moliri; sulco (poet.). — To ] 
plough again, agrum iterare. — That may 
be ploughed, arabilis. 
Ploughing, aratio. 
PLOVER, probably parra ; tringa vanellus 
(L.). 
PLUCK (give one a pluclc), vello, vellico: 
(break off), carpo, decerpo, destringo, 
avello: (tear away), avello. (See Pull.) 
— He plucked the door quite off the hinges, 
fores toto convulsit cardine. — To pluck 
asunder, divello. — down, destruo, diruo. 
—from, avello, divello ; eripio, abstra- 
ho, extorqueo. — To pluck flowers, fiores 
carpere or legere. — To pluck off, carpo, 
decerpo, detrabo. — To pluck out, evello. 
— a tooth, dentem eximere, evellere, 
eruere, excutere. — one's eyes, alicui 
oculos effodere, eripere, eruere, exscul- 
pere. — To pluck up by theroots, eradico, 
exstirpo ; radicitus vellere or evellere 
or extrahere -IT To pluck up one’s 
spirits, se colligere, animum recipere, 
animos revocare. 
Pluck, s. (strain), nisus. - IT Calf’s 
pluck, exta vitulina. 
Plucking axoay or from, avulsio. — oitt, 
evulsio. — up by the root, exstirpatio. 
PLUG, clavus ligneus, ciineolus.— Fire¬ 
plugs, machince ad incendiaexstinguen- 
da.“ 
PLUM, prunum. — Little, pr. nanum. — 
black, pr. nigrum. —White orwheaten, pr. 
cereum or cerinum. — Damson, pr. Da- 
mascenum. — A very large plum, pr. 
decumanum. — A plum-tree, prunus. 
_IT (raisin). See Raisin. — A plum- 
cake, placenta acinis passis Corinthiis 
vp f p l*t Q 
PLUMAGE, plum®. 
PLUMB.- 9 plumb-line or rule, amussis, 
libella, perpendiculum. 
To Plumb, opus ad libellam exigere. 
Plumber, plumbarius, plumbi fusor. 
Plummet (mason’s), bulla ad libellam 
pensilis.— A sounding plummet , catapi- 
rates. 
PLUME of feathers, crista ex plumis con- 
fecta.- 9 little plume, plumula. 
To Plume (pluck the feathers), plumas a vel¬ 
lere or detrahere : (adorn with feathers), 
plumis ornare. — To plume one’s self 
upon a thing, aliqua re inflatum esse. 
Plumy, plumeus. 
PLUMP, nitidus, obesus, pinguis, carno- 
su s,_ q plump constitution, nitida cor¬ 
poris habitudo, cutis bene curata. 
Plumpness, habitus corporis opimus: ni- 
tor. 
PLUMP, adv. directo. 
PLUNDER, v. prsdor, peculor, depecu 
lor, poptilor, depopulor, spolio, despolio, 
vasto, devasto, diripio, aufero ; arrodo. 
— The soldiers had leave to plunder the 
town, urbs diripienda militi data est, 
Lin. — They plunder a country without 
opposition, hominum atque pecudum 
inulti pr®dns agunt, Liv. 3. 38. 
Plunder, pr®da, spolium ; rapina. — To 
live by plunder, rapto vivere. 
Plunderer, pradator, populator, vastator, 
spoliator, direptor; expilator ; priedo ; 
accipiter (fig.). 
Plundering, spoliatio, direptio, vastatio 
PLUNGE (immerge), v. a. mergo, immer- 
go: v. n. se mergere in aliquid or in ali¬ 
qua re ; subire aliquid. — He plunged 
the dagger into his body, sicam in illius 
corpore defixit. — Till it plunged itself 
into inextricable difficulties, quoad semet 
ipsa prscipitavit, Sail. — To plunge 
often, merso. — To plunge one’s self up 
to the ears in water, aurium tenus se 
aqui mergere, or aqu® or in aquam im- 
mergere. — To plunge one’s self in 
pleasures, immergere se in voluptates.— 
Plunged, demersus, immersus, submer- 
sus. 
Plunge, s. — To make a plunge, se in 
aquam mergere ; in aquam desilire. 
Plungeon, mergus. 
Plunger (diver), urinator. 
PLUPERFECT, tempus .plusquamperfec- 
tum. 
PLURAL, pluralis. — The plural number, 
numerus pluralis or multitudinis. 
Plurality, numerus major.-IT A plu¬ 
rality of gods, deorum turba or multi¬ 
tude.-IT Pluralities, plura beneficia 
ecclesiastica ab eodem viro occupata. 
Plurally, pluraliter. 
PLUSH, pannus quidam villosus ex pilis 
confectus. 
PLY (apply one’s self to) a business, se ad 
aliquid agendum accingere or parare ; 
operi incumbere, operam navare.— Ply 
your oars stoutly , validis incumbite re- 
mis.— To ply at a place, alicui loco se 
consuescere. — To ply one with liquor, 
aliquem ad s®pe bibendum urgere. 
PNEUMATIC, pneuVnaticus. 
Pneumatics, say pneumatica, pi. 
POACH an egg, ovum subcoquere. —— 
IT To poach, or kill game illegally, illicit! 
venatione uti. 
Poacher, qui illicit! verfatione utitur. 
Poaching, venatio illicita. 
POCK (pimple), pustula, papula. — Pock- 
holes, variolarum vestigia or not®. See 
Pitted. 
POCKET, say funda vestis ; among the 
Romans, sinus, sometimes marsupium, 
crumena: (little bag), sacculus, saccel- 
lus.— To fill one’s own private pocket, 
suo privato compendio servire, Cats. — 
To pick a pocket, crumenam alicujus 
furtim surripere ; e loculis alicujus clam 
furari; marsupium furto exenterare. — 
A pocket-book, libellus in fund! portan- 
dus.— A pocket-dagger, pugiunculus, si- 
cula minor. — A pocket-dictionary, lexi¬ 
con form! minori.- 9 pocket-handker¬ 
chief, say sudarium. 
To Pocket, aliquid in sinum immittere, 
in fundam vestis demittere: aliquid 
avertere: (conceal), celo, concelo. — To 
pocket an affront, contumeliain acceptam 
dissimulate. 
i POD, valvulus, siliqua. 
POEM, carmen, poema.— To make or 
write a poem, carmen or poema compo- 
, nere, condere, facere. 
Poes y,poesis, poetica, poetice, ars poetica. 
Poet, poeta ; vates. — To speak like a po¬ 
et, poetice loqui.- 9 paltry poet, malus 
i poeta ; versiticator .—9 comic poet, poe¬ 
ta comicns, comCEdiarum scriptor. 
Poetess, poe'tria. 
- Poetical, Poetic, poeticus. 
Poetically, poetice, more poetarum. 
- To Poetize, carmen or carmina condere, 
, scribere, componete ; versus facere. 
f Poetry, see Poesy : (poems, lines), carmi¬ 
na ; versus, versiculi, 
POIGNANT, pungens, aculeatus, a-cer- 
bus. 
- Poignancy, mordacitas ; acerbitas. 
POIGNARD, pugio.— 9 small poignard, 
pugiunculus. 
To Poignard, pugione confodere. 
POINT, acumen ; cuspis, mucro : (round 
dot), punctum : (point of time), punctum 
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temporis; (of place), locus; pars; (mat 
ter, case), res: (condition), conditio, sta¬ 
tus, causa: (topic, head), locus, caput, 
— The point of a rock, scopuli vertex or 
cacumen.— of a weapon, tel i cuspis or mu¬ 
cro.— of a dial, gnomon.— A point of land 
or promontory, promontoriuin, terr® lin¬ 
gua. — The ace point, say monas. — 
Deuce, dyas. — Trey, say ternio. — 
Quatre, say quaternio. — The cinque 
point, say pentas. — Sice, senio. — Point- 
wise, cuspidatim. — It is done in a point 
of time, fit ad punctum temporis. — lam. 
at a point, h®reo, incertus sum. — In the 
uppermost point of Spain, in ultimo His- 
pan i® tractu. — It is come to this point, in 
eum locum res rediit. — He is at the 
point of death, mortem jam amplexatur; 
agit animam. — A point of law, ca¬ 
sus in lege. — A point or subject in 
hand, argumentum. — To come or speak 
to the point in hand, ad rem venire ; de 
re proposit! disceplare. — To dispute 
the point with, de re aliqu! cum alio cer- 
tare. — To strain or stretch a point, urba- 
nitatis officios® terminos consuetos ex- 
cedere ; rem or argumentum plus justo 
torquere. — To gain or carry one’s point, 
voto potiri, voti compotem fieri. — To 
pursue one’s point or design, consilium 
sequi. — It is a material point, res est 
magni momenti. — It is a point of the 
greatest wisdom, summ® est prudentis. 
— The point of the matter turns upon that, 
in eo cardo rei vertitur.- 9 nice or scru¬ 
pulous point, scrupulus. — In point of, 
respectu, quod attinet ad. — In point of 
bounty, consideration should be had of de¬ 
sert, in beneficenti! delectus esset dig¬ 
nitatis.— Point blank, pr®cise ; disertis 
verbis. — He told me point blank hr. would 
not do it, se id facturum prorsus nega- 
vit_ The points of the compass, ven- 
torum diversi tractus.— 9nncd at all 
points, omnibus rebus instructus. — A 
point or lace to tie with, strigmentum, 
corrigia, ligula. — To tie with points or 
laces, ligulisconnectere. 
fo Point (sharpen the point), acuo, cuspi- 
do. — Pointed, acutus, cuspidaius, ca- 
cuminatus.— To point at, digito desig¬ 
nate, monstrare, ostendere. — One who 
is pointed at by all, ludibrium. — To point 
(distinguish by points), interpungo.— 
Pointed (as writing), interpunctus, punc- 
tis distinctus. — To point a cannon, tor- 
mentum in aliquem locum dirigere or 
obvertere. — He still pointed his discourse 
that way, eo semper orationem direxit. 
Pointedly, acriter, acute. 
Pointer dog, canis subsidens. 
Pointing (of writing), interpunctio. — A 
pointing at, indicatio, digito monstratio. 
Pointless (blunt), hebes, obtusus. retusus. 
POISE, v. pondero, pendo ; libro. 
Poise, s. pondus. 
Poising, ponderatio. 
POISON, venenum, toxicum, virus; po- 
tus venenatus. — One man’s meat may 
be another’s poison, quod cibus est alns, 
aliis est acre venenum.- 9 maker or 
seller of poison, veneficus, venenarius. 
ro Poison (kill by poison), veneno tollere. 
_ To poison (corrupt or deprave), cor- 
rutnpo, depravo, vitio. — To poison with 
ill opinions, malis or pravis opinion ibus 
imbuere.— To poison (things without 
life), veneno inficere; veneno illmere. 
_ Poisoned (infected with poison), vene¬ 
natus, veneno infectus. 
Poisoner, veneficus, venefica. 
Poisoning, veneficium. 
Poisonous, venenosus ; venenatus ; ve¬ 
neno imbutus or illitus ; virosus; noxi- 
us, pestifer. 
POITREL (for a horse), pectorale : (grav¬ 
in tr tool), effilum. 
POKE, saccus, pera. —A little poke, sac¬ 
culus, perula. 
POKE, v. digito or baculo explorare. 
Poker, instrumentum ferreum ad ignem 
excitandum. 
POLE, pertica. — 9 waterman s pole, con- 
tus, trudes.- 9 hunting-pole, venabu- 
lum.- 9 pole-axe, bipenms, securis. 
-IT (of the heavens), axis, cardo; po- 
lus and vertex are poet .— The -Arctic, 
axis septentrionalis.— The -Antarctic, 
axis meridionals. — The elevation of m 
pole, inclinatio cceli. — The pole-star, 
septentrio. 
