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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Plenist, -is(c)hit, -ed, ppl. a. Also: plenn-, planand -yst, -isit, -ysit; -esit, -eist; -isht, -ished, -ichit, -eschit; plinist. [Plenis v. Cf. mod. Eng. plenished (1856).] Plenished.Only Sc.

a. Of land: (Well) stocked or planted.Freq. opposed to wast (= waste). c1420 Wynt. ix. 586 (W).
Thai fand ane haill plenyst cuntre And of all gudis haboundand 1509 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 124.
Of ilk foreland plenist and inhabite 1516 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 72.
And gif up quhat stedis of the said forest war plenist and quhat war waist and how thai war plenist or waist in all or part 1529 Yester Wr. 140.
The ten markislandis … war plenist bot thai ar now waist 1535 Stewart 41431.
And mony … pleneist land Distroyit wes and turnit all in sand a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxiii. 15.
Blythe salbe ȝit … Als weill plenneist as ewer thay it fand(b) a1500 Colk. Sow ii. 93.
In France … Or it prevelit planeist and popelus(c) 1581-1623 James VI Poems II. 138/55.
Plenished ?1549 Monro W. Isles (1961) 76.
And all plenishit laich land on the north north-eist 1692 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 487 (24 Mar.).
[Payment for the 2 cot crofts] if they be plenisht [they are to pay use and wont](d) 1585 Edinb. Test. XIV. 222.
For the quhilk plennesit roume & maling [etc.] 1586 Reg. Privy C. IV. 92.
And laying of grite plennist boundis waist

b. Well or abundantly provided (with (throw) something); full of; covered with. Also fig. As the second element of a compound in nectar-plenisht. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. i 101.
Mont Tinolus Pleneist with saiffron honie and with wyne 1533 Boece i. iv. 39.
Thai fand … the grund weill plennyst with naturall girs and commodios pasture to thare catall Ib. ix. vii. 303.
The ground was plennyst with cariouns and membris revin fra the bodyis 1570 Leslie 144.
The King of Ingland knawing his bordouris nocht to be sa weill plenysit with men and habitacione as [etc.] Ib. 191.
The castell … wes weill plenished … with … jowellis 15.. Reid Auchterarder 17.
Stratherne … Plenisit with plesand policie preclair 1616–7 Misc. Hist. Soc. X. 108.
The minister … goeth to the table which being plenished with people [etc.] 1619 Garden Elphinstoun p. 4.
Yow's find this compend plenisht withe A prelat's worthie warks c1650 Spalding I. 310.
The Gray Freir kirk of New Abirdein well plenishit with deassis and seatis 1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 83.
This river is abundantly plenished with excellent salmon — 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas i. 509.
Nectar-plenisht cels With thyme and cammomile most sweetly smelsfig. 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 1413.
Pleneist with plesance like to paradice 1533 Boece vi. xii. 210 b.
Quharethrow the said abbay … is plennyst and decorit c1550 Rolland Ct. Venus iii. 727.
In luif na time to tine Bot mixt with mirth … Plenist with sport and sueit suauitude a1568 Scott xxvi. 9.
Ȝit thay ar planeist and repleit Of falset and dissait c1590 J. Stewart 63/211.
The knychtis keine so plinist var vith pryd [etc.] 1638 Henderson Serm. 225.
[Moses] was a man well stuffed and plenished within

c. Applied to a person: Well-provided; wealthy. — a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F. xxvi. 10.
Off houshald graythe sum rycht skant war With vther menis geir now planeist ar Ib. 21.
Sum that rycht weill planeist hes bene Thair landis now ar waistit clene

d. Provided with necessary accessories or useful additions; furnished.(1) 1585 Misc. Bann. C. II. 217.
He lewis … to … his spous his haill planesit hous as it standis 1602 Elgin Rec. II. 100.
The kirk and all the loftis wer plenised 1618 Edinb. Test. L. 44.
The haill plenischit hous of insicht and plenisching thairintill 1644 11th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. vi. 56.
My planichit hous in Kinnill c1650-1700 Descr. Zetland 34.
A church pretty large and well plenished but of no magnificent structure(2) 1628 Edinb. Test. LIV. 306 b.
Ane plenischit pleuche with somes & ȝooke 1630 Bamff Chart. 224.
An pleneschit coupel with thrie pans and tuo ruiffis 1660 Melrose Reg. Rec. I. 271.
Scheitts blanketts [etc.] … belonging to a plenisched bed 1690 Brechin Test. VIII. 12 b.
The best plenished bed