'Plaining' definitions:

Definition of 'Plaining'

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  • Plaining \Plain"ing\, n. Complaint. [Poetic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plaining'

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  • Plaining \Plain"ing\, a. Complaining. [Poetic] --Bryant. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plaining'

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  • Plain \Plain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plained; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaining.] [Cf. Plane, v.]
  • 1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. --Wither. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make plain or manifest; to explain. [1913 Webster]
  • What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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