Playned, lamented, A. 53, 242. Playneȝ, complains, C. 376. Playnt, complaint, A. 815. Plek, place, plot of ground, B. 1379. “_Pleckke_ or plott, porculetum.” (Prompt. Parv.) N.Prov.E. _pleck_. A.S. _plæc_. “Se that the hare hathe be at pasture in grene corne, or in eny other _plek_.” --(Quoted by Way from MS. Harl. 5086, fol. 47.) Pleny, to complain, A. 549. Plete, demand, plead for, A. 563. Pleyn, mourn, C. 371. Plontte, plant, A. 104. Plow, plough, B. 68. Plyande, pliant, C. 439. Plye, A. 1039; B. 196, 1385. Plyt, danger, fault, A. 647; B. 1494; C. 114. A.S. _pliht_. Plyȝt, condition, A. 1075; B. 111. Pobbel, pebble, A. 117. Pole, pool, stream, A. 117. Polle, poll, head, B. 1265. Du. _polle_, _pol_, head, top, crown. Polmente, a kind of pottage, B. 628. O.Fr. _polment_. Lat. _pulmentum_. “_Pulmentarium_ a _pulment_.” Nominale, MS. “His brother (Jacob) he fand give--and his tent To grayth a riche _pulment_.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 21a.) {Polyce, Polyse,} polish, B. 1068, 1131, 1134. Polyle, poultry, B. 57. Fr. _poule_, a hen; _poulet_, a chicken. Lat. _pullus_. “_Polayle_, bryddys or fowlys, Altilis.” (Prompt. Parv.) Pomgarnade, pomegranate, B. 1466. Cf. Lat. _malum granatum_. It. _granata_. Sp. _granada_. Poplande, rushing, foaming, C. 319. N.Prov.E. _popple_, to tumble about with a quick motion. O.Sc. _pople_, to flow, rush. “The wawis of the wild see apone the wallis betes, The pure _populand_ hurle passis it umby.” --(K. Alex. p. 40.) “And on the stanys owt thar harnys [he] dang, Quhil brayn and eyn and blude al _poplit_ owt.” --(G. Douglas, vol. i. p. 167.) Porchase, purchase, A. 439. Porche, B. 785. Pore, poor, A. 873. Porfyl, hem, A. 216. Fr. _pourfiler_, to work upon the edge, embroider; _fil_, a thread. O.E. _purfle_, to overlay with gems or gold. “_Purfyll_ or hemme of a gowne, bort.” (Palsg.) Porpre, purple, B. 1568. Porros, B. 1772. Port, gate, B. 856; harbour, C. 90. Portale, A. 1036. Portray, B. 700. {Poruay, Poruaye,} to provide, B. 1502; C. 36. Possyble, A. 452. Potage, B. 638. Poursent, course, A. 1035. Pourtray, B. 1271. Fr. _pourtraire_. Pouer, power, B. 1654. {Pouer, Pouere,} poor, B. 615, 1074. Poueren (_pl._ of _pouer_), poor, B. 127. Pouert, poverty, C. 43. Pouerté, C. 13. Powdered, A. 44. Powleȝ, pools, C. 310. Poyned, trimmed, ornamented, A. 217. Poynt, _sb._ particle, A. 891. Poysened, B. 1095. Poyntel, a style, B. 1533. Pray, _sb._ prey, B. 1297; _vb._ to plunder, B. 1624. Prayse, A. 301. Prece, press, B. 880. Prechande, preaching, B. 942. {Precios, Precious,} A. 4, 216; B. 1282. Prelate, B. 1249; C. 389. Pres, press, A. 730; to press, A. 957. Prese, praise, honour; “his _prese_, his _prys_,” A. 419. Sp. _prez_, honour, glory. Fr. _prix_, value, worth, price. “Fra þan forth heild Sir Moyses