Definition of Ploat

1. to scald [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: scald

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ploat

pliosaurs
pliosaurus
pliothermal
pliothermic
pliotron
pliotrons
plipped
plipper
plippers
plipping
pliskie
pliskies
plisky
plisse
plisses
ploat (current term)
ploated
ploating
ploats
ploce
plocytic astrocytoma
plod
plodded
plodder
plodders
plodding
ploddingly
ploddingness
ploddings
plodge

Literary usage of Ploat

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

1. The Mechanics' Magazine (1856)
"The largeness of the ploat enables us to dispense with large numbers at the commencement of our operations. A French writer says France produces 80000000 ..."

2. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"Wb. Gl. ploat, va To strip off or pluck, the feathers from a fowl, the clothes from one's person; to plunder or rifle. I connect this word with pluck, ..."

3. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"To ploat, to pluck the feathers off a fowl. Also, in the sense of robbery, ... They'll ploat him," fleece him. ..."

4. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"To ploat, to pluck the feathers off a fowl. Also, in the sense of robbery, ... They'll ploat him," fleece him. ..."

5. The Mechanics' Magazine (1856)
"The largeness of the ploat enables us to dispense with large numbers at the commencement of our operations. A French writer says France produces 80000000 ..."

6. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"Wb. Gl. ploat, va To strip off or pluck, the feathers from a fowl, the clothes from one's person; to plunder or rifle. I connect this word with pluck, ..."

7. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"To ploat, to pluck the feathers off a fowl. Also, in the sense of robbery, ... They'll ploat him," fleece him. ..."

8. A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases: Collected in Whitby and the by Francis Kildale Robinson (1855)
"To ploat, to pluck the feathers off a fowl. Also, in the sense of robbery, ... They'll ploat him," fleece him. ..."

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