plaw

English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. (intransitive) To boil; seethe.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To boil; boil slightly; parboil.

Noun

plaw (plural plaws)

  1. A boiling.
    give meat a plaw

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

plaw

  1. Alternative form of pleye
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