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Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.
The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren.
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The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.
a.
To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
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Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
v. t.
To lash; to ply the whip to.
n.
A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
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n.
A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
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Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.
v. t.
Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
v. t.
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
n.
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
v. i.
To ply or seek for customers.
v. t.
To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.
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Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
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To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
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To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
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Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.
v. t.
To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
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