A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Plyed, ppl. a. [Cf. Ply v. 3, Ply n. 1 b.] In three plyed (wool), made of three strands twisted together. — 1707 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV. 431.
That for hereafter all prick stockings may be made of three plyed wosten and of due proportione
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