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Show PL PL I'm as lean as carrion; but a wedditg at ou 4. 'To place as a plume His ftature reach'd the fky, and on his cref Milton's Paradife Loft Sat horror plum'd 5. To adorn with plumes Farewel the p/umed troops, and the big war That make ambition virtue. Shakefpeare's Otbello Prumeas'vrum. n. [0 [alumen plumofum A kind of afbeftus Latin. Plumeallum, formed into the likenefs of a wick will adminifter to the flame, and yet not confume Wilkins and gero [plum adj Prumi'cerous Lat.] Having feathers ; feathered. D/& Pru'mirEDE. 7. /. [plumaand pes, Lat. A fowl that has feathers on the foot 2./i [from plumb. hung at a ftring, b which depths are founded dicularity is difcerned and perpen Decper than did ever plummet found Shakefpeare's Tempeft Y'll drown my boek Fly, envious time Call on the lazy leaden-ftepping hours Whofe fpeed is but the heavy plummet's pace. Milt 2. Any weight Go th fee which it hangs upo about you, and the plummer your foul, and therefore, when you cannot rif high enough to him, he comes down to you. Duppa The heavinefs of thefe bodies, being always i the afcending fide of the wheel, muft be counterpoifed by a plummet falened about the pulley o the axis: this plummet will defcend according a the fand doth make the feveral parts of the whee Wiik ns lighter or heavier Th n /. [from plumous. Prumo'sizy ftate of having feathers Pru'mous. adj. [plumeux, French; pluFeathery; refemblin mofus, Latin. feathers This has a like p/umous body in'the middle, bu Woodward finer PLUMP. adj. [Of- this word the etySkinzer derive mology is not known i French pommelé fro ful lik ripe, apple; it might be more eafily de duced from plum, which yet feems ver harfh, Funius omits it.] Somewhat fat not lean fleek; full and {fmooth The heifer, that valued itfelf upon a fmoot coat and a plump habit of body, ‘was taken up fo a facrifice; but the ox, that was defpifed for hi raw bones, went on with his work ftill. L' Effrange Plump gentleman Cet out as faft as e'er you can Or ceafe to pufh or to exclaim You make the very crowd you blame Prior The famifh'd cro Grows plump and round, and full of mettle PrLump z. / [fro th Szvift adjeftive. knot; a tuft ; a clufter; a number joine I believe it 1s now corin one mafs rupted to c/ump England Scotland Ireland lie all i a plum Bacon together, not acceffible but by fea Warwick having efpied certain plumps of Scottit horfemen ranging the field, returned towards th Hayward arriere to prevent danger Sandys We refted under a plump of trees Spread upon a lake, with upward ey A plump of fowl behold their foe on high They clofe their trembling troop, and all atten On whom the fowfing eagle will defcend. Dryden 7o PLump @. a [fro To fatten ; to fwell th corrupted from plumé 2. [From the adjective. 7 1. T th That ferve to fill her hollow jaws 3 adjeltive. to make large The particles of air expanding themfelves, plum eut the fides of the bladder, and keep them turgid firgfi':‘ Y B. Fonf 4 T th Ful Le qu refractio i. To pillage 2 Featllered Bid me for honour plurgeinto a war Then fhalt thou fee that Marcus is not flow. Zddif Impotent of mind and uncontroul'd He plung'd into the gulph which heav'n foretol Pope PrUNGE. 7. [ i. A& of putting or finking under wate i 2. Difficulty; ftrait; diftrefs Dat. She was wear for help, withont helping themfelves L Ef:'-"'g plunge o amid{ amid this plun fro To rarai fc; me fro {0mows "didim Wilt thou behold me finking in my Woes And wiit thou not reach out a fncndlyfa‘fm Fell He muft be a good man Ships the fruits of their exa&ion brought Which made in peace a treafure richer far Than what is plunder'd in the rage of war. Dryden aquality ‘whug'(:‘xce:t afielf{nig i f./l.'ng a muc ar and Quinétilia the Creck and Roman orators. Baker o7 Lci&flé Lat. [mergus / n Pru'vcron Ainfworta bir PLu'nGER. 2 f. [from plunge.] O 3. To rob as a thief "Their country's wealth ouy mightier mifers drain Or crofs, to plunder provinces, the main.. Pgpe Pil that plunges ;.a diver A # /. A kin lage ; fpoils gotten in war Pru'nkeT Let loofe the murmuring army on their mafers To pay themfelves with plunder Otwvay ur col blu o Ainfaworth PLURAL. adj. [pluralis, Latin: nply more than han ¢ene. s choud R V0 1. Implyin Thon haft no faith left now, unici Better have non Than plural faith, which is tao mu It was a famous faying of William Rufus, whofoever fpates pexjured men, robbers, plunderers, an fhe was brough finc People, - when putito aplunge, cry out'tn heave Being driven away, and his books glundered one of his neighbours bought:them in his behalf and preferved them for him till the end of th traitors, deprives all good men of their peace an quictnels Addifon of life to that z/unge, to conceal her hufband's murder 5"{"")" or accufe her fon 2. To take by pillage PLu'~pErER. #. /0 [from plunder. 1. Hoftile pillager; fpoiler 2. A thief; a robber To fall or rufh into any hazard o diftrefs He could find, no other way to conceal his adultery, but to plunge.into the guilt of a murther Tillstfon Greww's Cofmology [from the verb; Shakefpeare When tortoifes have been aidlong time upon th water, theis, fhell ,being dried in the {un; they ar cafily taken'; by reafon they cannotplungeinto th Ray water nimbly enough to rob in an hoftile way #../ Accoutred asI was, ["plunged in His courfer plung'd Forc'd to plunge naked in the raging feas Dryden Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God and we find the fatal doom that afterwards befe him South's Sermons PLu'~NDER w.z And helplefs in his heavy arms he drown'd. Drydens. When thou, thy fhip olerwhelm'd' with waves fhalt b Shake[peare war > And threw him off; the waves whelm'd over him, [plam and pad [ plunderen foever it be applied, com 1. To fink faddenly into water ; to dive Addiforr Sometimes they are like a quill, with the'plum a This word, t them not be too hafty to plurge their enat once into the depths of knowledge Wats 7o PLuncE Satan fell, and ftraight a fiery glob Of angels on full fail of wing flew nigh Who on their p/umy vans receiv'd him fof From his uneafy ftation, and upbor As ona floating couch through the blithe air. A7i/t Appear'd his plumy creft, befmear'd with ‘blood force in fuddenly Watts At this advanc'd, and fudden as the word In proud Plexippus' bofom plung'd the fiword, Dy ding.] Pudding made with plums Pru'mrey. adj Plamp; fat A ludicrous word 70 PLU'NDER the patient Addifon part only upon one fide monl "exprefle either violence an fuddennefs .in- the agent, or diftrefs i -Swvift's Aifcel porridge Pruv™myY. adj." [from plume. covered with feathers Dryde hurry into any diftrefs what actio A xigid diffenter, who dined at his houfe o Chriftmas day, eat very plentifully of his plum Come, thou monarch of the vine Plumpy Bacchus, with pink eyne In thy vats our cares be drown'd to plunge the boy in pleafing fleep T Pru'mMrorriDGE. #. /. [plum and porridge. Porridge with plums #n. before us, we fhall be plunged into perpetual errors make the rays converge fooner, fo as to conven at the bottom of the eye DNeavton's Opticks Piv'mrupping Mil And horrors has thou driv'n'me? out of whic I find no.way ; from deep to deeper plung'd, Mif Without a prudent determination in matte Thofe convex glaffes fupply the defeét of plumpencreafin o O confcience ! into what abyfs of fear Pru'menNEss. a. /o [from plump.]nefs; difpofition towards fulnefs b wate And ravifh'd in Idalian bow'rs to keep She dext'roufly her plumpers draws an unde To put into any ftate fuddenly I mea Pru'MrER. 2. /. [from plump. So thing worn in the mouth to fwell ou the cheeks eye fuddenl Headlong from hence to plunge herfelh f rin But fhoots a'icng fupported on her wings, lgrydf: 2 water. I would fain now fee "em rowl' Down a hill, or from a bridg Head-long caft, to break their ridge Or to fome river take 'e Plump, and fee if that would wake'em th Fref))éy};{m [P]o;zggr under any thing fuppofed liquid Plu To be {wollen Prump. adv. [Probably corrupted fro plumb, or perhaps formed from th i pu a ge us in the flames Ainfworth nef « PLUNGE or rathe formed from the found wor bea of fleth which yo bod 7o Prump. @w. z. [from the adverb. 1. To fall like a ftone into the water. = of lea A weigh 1 We cannot future violence o'erco e Nor give the miferable province eafe Since what one plund'rer left, the next wi l feize houfe will plump me up with good cheers ~ L' Effr Let them lie for the dew and rain to plump them Mortimer found of a ftone falling o With a fudden fall Dig Pru'mMMmET P L 2 [T grammar. 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