plein

Plein

Plein\, a. Plan. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised

Plein

Plein\, v. i. & t. To complain. See Plain. [Obs.]
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Plein is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

Plein

Plein\, a. [OF. & F., fr. L. plenus.] Full; complete. [Obs.] "Plein remission." --Chaucer. -- Plein"ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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