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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Plain,) Plane, n.2 [e.m.E. playn (c 1550).] a. = Plaint n. 3. b. = Plaint n. 4. —a. 1535 Stewart 39045.
Power to execute the law Be court and plane —b. 1572 Sat. P. xxxii. 78.
Scho greit with barne syne gaif the gaist with plane [: slane p.p.]
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