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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plane, n.¹ Also: plain(e, playn. [e.m.E., ME. (Wyclif, Trevisa) and F. plane, 14th c. F. plasne, L. platanus.] a. A plane tree: perh., as in later Sc. and north. Eng. usage, applied to the sycamore. b. Wood of the sycamore or plane tree. —a. 1578 Reg. Great S. 766/2.
Esp, plane, elm and birk 1587 Ib. 455/2.
Cum … plantatione arborum vocat. escheis, playnis et elme c1590 Fowler I. 247/3.
My name … quhilk thow, my nymphe, ingraued Vpon that plane quhair I my plaints furth told Is baith off forme … and schape bereued 1652 Lamont Diary 43.
Corbie Wood … consisted of oakes, ashes, plains, allars —b. 1562 6th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 648/2.
And standing bed of plaine