Definition of Plectre

1. plectrum [n -S] - See also: plectrum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plectre

plectile
plectin
plectognath
plectognath fish
plectognathi
plectognaths
plectoneme
plectonemic
plectospondyli
plectospondylous
plectostele
plectosteles
plectostelic
plectra
plectranthus
plectre (current term)
plectres
plectridium
plectron
plectrons
plectrovirus
plectrum
plectrums
pled
pledg
pledge
pledge taker
pledged
pledgee
pledgees

Literary usage of Plectre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1836)
"There has been some dispute about the manner of using the plectre ; some will have it to ... In the medal in Boissard, the plectre is held in the left hand, ..."

2. Voprosy regulirovanii͡a knigoobmena mezhdu bibliotekami i nauchnymi by Thomas Landau, William Myson, Raymond Knox Olding, France Commission de la République française pour l' education, la science et la culture, T͡S entralʹnyĭ sibirskiĭ botanicheskiĭ sad, Vladimir Fedorovich Alʹtergot, Ole Ho (1890)
"... tirées comme avec un plectre d'or. la Galerie des Contemporains illustres far un Homme de rien (M. de Loménie). — Enfin M. Ampère a donné sur Ballanche, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"(2) A plat of ground ; a small inclosure ¡ a field. Jf'arw. FLECKS. A term in haymaking, applied to the square beds of dried grass. Chesh. plectre. A quill. ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1836)
"There has been some dispute about the manner of using the plectre ; some will have it to ... In the medal in Boissard, the plectre is held in the left hand, ..."

5. Voprosy regulirovanii͡a knigoobmena mezhdu bibliotekami i nauchnymi by Thomas Landau, William Myson, Raymond Knox Olding, France Commission de la République française pour l' education, la science et la culture, T͡S entralʹnyĭ sibirskiĭ botanicheskiĭ sad, Vladimir Fedorovich Alʹtergot, Ole Ho (1890)
"... tirées comme avec un plectre d'or. la Galerie des Contemporains illustres far un Homme de rien (M. de Loménie). — Enfin M. Ampère a donné sur Ballanche, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"(2) A plat of ground ; a small inclosure ¡ a field. Jf'arw. FLECKS. A term in haymaking, applied to the square beds of dried grass. Chesh. plectre. A quill. ..."

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