† plegnicn.adj.

Forms: 1600s plegnick.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πληγή , -ic suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πληγή blow, stroke (see plaga n.) + -ic suffix, with apparently arbitrary insertion of -n-, perhaps after technic adj., mechanic adj., lenic adj., or ignic adj., all of which also occur in Sturtevant.

Obsolete. rare.

A. n.

A mechanism which involves a hammering action.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun]

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1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica ii. 37 Plegnicks..performe their opperation and effect, by their dexterous and artificiall ioynt-moouing.

1665 J. Wilson Projectors i. i. 6 Suppose I should tell him I had studied the Emporeuticks, Lemnicks, Camnicks, and Plegnicks.

B. adj.

Acting by a blow or stroke; involving a hammering action.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [adjective]

plegnic1612

1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica ii. 37 There is a great vse of the Plegnick instruments for the making of Eumechanick and reformed Milnes & Bellowses.

1665 J. Wilson Projectors iii. i. 36 From the Pestle and Mortar [came] all sort of Mills, whether Horizontal, or Plegnick; Horse, Hand, Wind, Water, or otherwise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	plegnic
释义	† plegnicn.adj. Forms: 1600s plegnick. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek πληγή , -ic suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek πληγή blow, stroke (see plaga n.) + -ic suffix, with apparently arbitrary insertion of -n-, perhaps after technic adj., mechanic adj., lenic adj., or ignic adj., all of which also occur in Sturtevant. Obsolete. rare. A. n. A mechanism which involves a hammering action. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] drivel1296 beater1611 plegnic1612 driver1625 madge1870 1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica ii. 37 Plegnicks..performe their opperation and effect, by their dexterous and artificiall ioynt-moouing. 1665 J. Wilson Projectors i. i. 6 Suppose I should tell him I had studied the Emporeuticks, Lemnicks, Camnicks, and Plegnicks. B. adj. Acting by a blow or stroke; involving a hammering action. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [adjective] plegnic1612 1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica ii. 37 There is a great vse of the Plegnick instruments for the making of Eumechanick and reformed Milnes & Bellowses. 1665 J. Wilson Projectors iii. i. 36 From the Pestle and Mortar [came] all sort of Mills, whether Horizontal, or Plegnick; Horse, Hand, Wind, Water, or otherwise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.adj.1612
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