plaw
English
Alternative forms
- play
Etymology
From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English pleġian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː
Verb
plaw (third-person singular simple present plaws, present participle plawing, simple past and past participle plawed)
- (intransitive) To boil; seethe.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal) To boil; boil slightly; parboil.
Noun
plaw (plural plaws)
- A boiling.
- give meat a plaw
Anagrams
- Walp, pawl
Middle English
Noun
plaw
- Alternative form of pleye