From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plaining \Plain"ing\, n.
Complaint. [Poetic] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plaining \Plain"ing\, a.
Complaining. [Poetic] --Bryant.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plain \Plain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plaining.] [Cf. Plane, v.]
1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
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We would rake Europe rather, plain the East.
--Wither.
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2. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
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What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. --Shak.
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