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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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plod, a clod; from Sc. plod, ploud, a green sod (Aberdeen).
plod, a fleet, Manx plod; from Norse floti, Eng. fleet, float, etc.
plod, a pool of standing water, Manx, Ir. plod; from M. Eng. plodde, a puddle, Eng. plod, originally "to wade through water", ploude, wade through water (Grose), Sc. plout, plouter (do.).
plodadh, parboiling; from Sc. plot, to scald or burn with boiling water, plottie, a rich and pleasant hot drink made of cinnamon, cloves, etc. Also "floating" wood down river.
ploic, the mumps; see pluic.
plosg, palpitate, throb, Ir. plosg (O'R., Fol.), blosgadh, sounding, E. Ir. blosc ("ro clos blosc-béimnech a chride", the hitting sound of his heart). See blosg.
plub, a plump, sudden fall into water; from Eng. plump. Cf. plab. Hence plubraich, gurgling, plunging; etc.
plub, an unweildy mass or lump; from the Eng. plump.
plubair, a booby, one speaking indistinctly, blubberer; from Eng. blubber.
pluc, a lump, pimple, Manx plucan, pimple; seemingly a side form of ploc. M. Ir. has plucc, club or mace. Cf. Sc. pluke, a pimple.
pluc, pluck, Manx pluck; from the Eng.
plùc, beat, thump; from M. Eng. pluck, a stroke.
plucas, the flux; founded on Lat. fluxus?
plùch, squeeze, compress, Ir. pluchaim, Manx ploogh, suffocation:
pluic, cheek, blub cheek, Ir. pluc: "puffed cheek"; from ploc.
pluideach, club-footed; see pliut.
plùirean, a flower, Ir. plúr; from M. Eng. flour (now flower), O. Fr. flour (now fleur).
plum, plunge into water; see plumb.
plùm, one who sits stock still, dead calm:
pluma, plumba, a plummet, Ir. plumba; from Eng. plumb, Fr. plomb, from Lat. plumbum, lead.
plumb, noise of fallinng into water, plunge; from Eng. plump.
plumbas, plumbais, a plum, Ir. pluma; from M. Eng. ploume, now plum.
plundrainn, plunder, booty; from Eng. plundering.
plùr, flour, Ir. flúr; from M. Eng. flour; same as Eng. flower, flour being for "flower of wheat".
plutadh, falling down, as of rain; from Sc. plout, Belg. plotsen, Ger. plotzlich, sudden, from *plotz, "quickly falling blow".
pobull, people, Ir. pobal, O. Ir. popul, W., Br. pobl, Cor. pobel; from Lat. populus, whence Eng. people.
poca, a bag; from Sc. pock, Ag. S. poca, Norse, poki, O. Fr. poche.
