2. Verb. (third-person singular of plait) ¹
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Definition of Plaits
1. plait [v] - See also: plait
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaits
Literary usage of Plaits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"(The latter are the same as two side plaits laid so as to face each other, Fig.
... Paper as above, designing models of double box plaits and simulated box ..."
2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... pillar with lour oblique plaits at the base ; aperture not striated ; outer
... but the spire al ways concealed ; plaits numerous, and extending nearly ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"These plaits are produced in pieces of any length, and, when employed as quick-match,
are compactly enclosed in cases of waterproof canvas or other similar ..."
4. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"... bracteate ; lobes of the calyx unequal, as long as the tube; corolla with the
lobes acute, and the plaits very short and entire. G.Saponaria Walt. ..."
5. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: Containing Abridged by Robert Wight, George Arnott Walker Arnott (1834)
"It is difficult to explain in words the nature of the plaits on the legume: in
the present species there are (always ?) four series of them, ..."
6. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; Or, A Description of the Strata by John Phillips (1836)
"No mesial plaits; with or without lateral plaits, fig. 4; Young, fig. 5. 8.
Mesial plaits variable; with or without lateral plaits. y. ..."
7. Clothing for Women; Selection, Design, Construction: A Practical Manual for by Laura Irene Baldt (1916)
"(The latter are the same as two side plaits laid so as to face each other, Fig.
... Paper as above, designing models of double box plaits and simulated box ..."
8. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... pillar with lour oblique plaits at the base ; aperture not striated ; outer
... but the spire al ways concealed ; plaits numerous, and extending nearly ..."
9. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"These plaits are produced in pieces of any length, and, when employed as quick-match,
are compactly enclosed in cases of waterproof canvas or other similar ..."
10. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"... bracteate ; lobes of the calyx unequal, as long as the tube; corolla with the
lobes acute, and the plaits very short and entire. G.Saponaria Walt. ..."
11. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: Containing Abridged by Robert Wight, George Arnott Walker Arnott (1834)
"It is difficult to explain in words the nature of the plaits on the legume: in
the present species there are (always ?) four series of them, ..."
12. Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; Or, A Description of the Strata by John Phillips (1836)
"No mesial plaits; with or without lateral plaits, fig. 4; Young, fig. 5. 8.
Mesial plaits variable; with or without lateral plaits. y. ..."
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