plaw

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plaw

Rhymes with -ɔː

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From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play.

verb plaws · plawing · plawed · play

intransitive To boil; seethe.
UK, dialectal, transitive To boil; boil slightly; parboil.

noun plaws · play

A boiling. give meat a plaw

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@misc{plaw_2026,
  title = {plaw},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/plaw},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}