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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1420
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Ploid, v. [? 16th c. Fr. (and mod. Norm. dial.) plauder for pelauder ‘to belabour, cudgell, vse roughly, handle rudely’ (Cotgrave, in OED.).] tr. To drive with blows. — c1420 Wynt. ix. 47 (W).
Thai begouth to ploid and ta Catall and poyndis to and fra
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