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Plait vs Placit - What's the difference?

plait | placit |

As nouns the difference between plait and placit

is that plait is a flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat while placit is a decree or determination; a dictum.

As a verb plait

is to fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

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.

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    placit

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A decree or determination; a dictum.
    • The placits and opinions of other philosophers. — Evelyn.
    (Webster 1913)