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Part of Speech: noun

The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.

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plait

Part of Speech: noun

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            1.                                             A                                                         flat                                                         fold;                                                           a                                                         doubling,                                                         as                                                         of                                                         cloth;                                                           a                                                         pleat;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                         box                                                           plait.                                    

            2.                                             A                                                         braid,                                                         as                                                         of                                                         hair                                                         or                                                           straw;                                                           a                                                         plat.                                    
Part of Speech: verb transitive

            1.                                           To                                                         braid.                                    

            2.                                           To                                                         fold;                                                         to                                                         double                                                         in                                                         narrow                                                           folds;                                                         to                                                         pleat;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                           plait                                                           a                                                         ruffle.                                    

            3.                                           To                                                         interweave                                                         the                                                           strands                                                         or                                                           locks                                                         of;                                                         to                                                         braid;                                                         to                                                         plat;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                           plait                                                         hair;                                                         to                                                           plait                                                         rope.                                    

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Her pretty, light- brown hair, which she had braided and tied up with a black velvet ribbon, hung in a long plait down her back. - "Madge Morton's Trust", Amy D. V. Chalmers.
And all this time Mistress Marian would be lying as quiet as any mouse, with her big plait of hair between her fingers, for so she always slept, with her hair fast in her hands, as though she loved its beauty; and in truth it was the one great beauty she had, for my little lady put her out with her glitter as the sunlight doth extinguish a morning moon. - "A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales", Amelie Rives.
But what amused me more was the very reverse of this arrangement; a boy's father had just put a patch upon the hinder part of his son's trousers; and cloth not being at hand, he had, as an expedient for stopping the gap, inserted a piece of an old straw bonnet; in so doing he had not taken the precaution to put the smooth side of the plait inwards, and, in consequence, young Teddy when he first sat down felt rather uncomfortable. - "Diary in America, Series One", Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat).

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