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▪ I. plaining, vbl. n. arch.|ˈpleɪnɪŋ|
Forms: see plain v.
[f. plain v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb plain; the utterance of grief or dissatisfaction; lamentation; complaint.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 6104 Þe day of pleynyng and accusyng, Þe day of answer and of strait rekkenyng. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 647 Off thi tynsell is na plenȝeing. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋10 (Harl. MS.) Penitence is þe pleynyng of man for þe gult þat he haþ doon. 1593T. Watson Tears of Fancie xxv, A lowlie dale..cald..The vale of loue for there I spent my plainings. 1633P. Fletcher Pisc. Ecl. i. ii, A poore fisher swaine Came from his boat to tell the rocks his plaining. 1867J. Ingelow Dreams that came true xiv, From her lips a fitful plaining broke. 1880Watson Prince's Quest (1892) 31 As a low wind wails..About a tarn whereof the listless wave Maketh no answer to its plaining.
▪ II. ˈplaining, ppl. a. arch.
[f. plain v. + -ing2.]
That plains; plaintive, mourning; complaining. (See also plainand.)
1483Cath. Angl. 283/2 Plenynge, querulus. 1594Marlowe & Nashe Dido iv. i, Hear, hear, O, hear Iarbas' plaining prayers. c1630Milton Passion vii, Yet on the softned Quarry would I score My plaining vers as lively as before. 1891M. M. Dowie Girl in Karp. 104 The plaining doves are absent from the high fir-tree tops. |