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The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren.
Any vessel or boat plying on water; vessels and boats, collectively.
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v. t.
To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words.
a.
Consisting of two thicknesses, as cloth; double.
v. t.
Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying; to question or ply persistently in order to elicit something, as information, money, etc.
n.
A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing.
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To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously.
v. t.
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
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To go back and forth from place to place; to ply; as, the stage runs between the hotel and the station.
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To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
n.
A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
v. i.
To ply or seek for customers.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ply
v. t.
To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.
v. t.
To lash; to ply the whip to.
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To beat the air, or ply the wings, with a sweeping motion or noise; to flap.
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Consisting of three distinct webs inwrought together in weaving, as cloth or carpeting; having three strands; threefold.
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Woven double, as cloth or carpeting, by incorporating two sets of warp thread and two of weft.
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The point or side from which the wind blows; as, to ply to the windward; -- opposed to leeward.
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Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important.
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