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Plait vs Lait - What's the difference?

plait | lait |

As verbs the difference between plait and lait

is that plait is while lait is .

plait

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
    • a box plait
  • * Addison
    • the plaits and foldings of the drapery
  • A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
  • To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.

    Anagrams

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    lait

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lait, layt, leit, leyt, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Lightning; flash of lightning; a flash.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) laiten, leiten, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seek; search for; inquire.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) ----