-plages-

‖n.; pl. Plagæ [ L. plāga a blow, a welt, a stripe. ] (Zool.) A stripe of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., from Gr. pla`gios sidewise, slanting. ] (Mus.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plagal cadence, a cadence in which the final chord on the tonic is preceded by the chord on the subdominant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having plagæ, or irregular enlongated color spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. plaga. ] A region; country. [ Obs. ] “The plages of the north.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as plagiarize. [ mostly Brit. ]
Syn. -- plagiarize, lift. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. plagiarisme. ] 1. The act or practice of plagiarizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is plagiarized; a work which has been plagiarized. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plagiarized p. pr. & vb. n. Plagiarizing. ] To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement (the ideas or expressions of another). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To commit plagiarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Plagiaries [ L. plagiarius a kidnaper, a literary thief, fr. plagium kidnaping; cf. plaga a net, perh. akin to E. plait: cf. F. plagiaire. ] 1. A manstealer; a kidnaper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who purloins another's expressions or ideas, and offers them as his own; a plagiarist. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Plagiarism; literary theft. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Kidnaping. [ Obs. ] E. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Practicing plagiarism. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pla`gios oblique + &unr_; base, seat. ] (Crystallog.) Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pla`gios oblique + &unr_; the head. ] (Anat.) Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pla`gios oblique + kla^n to break. ] (Min.) A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pla`gios oblique. So called in allusion to its usually oblique crystallization. ] (Min.) A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Plagiostomous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Plagiostomi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. pla`gios slanting + &unr_;, &unr_;, mouth. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; -- called also Plagiostomata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.; [ NL., fr. Gr. pla`gios slanting + &unr_;, &unr_;, a hole. ] (Zool.) Same as Lepidosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pla`gios aslant + &unr_; to turn. ] (Bot.) Having the longer axis inclined away from the vertical line. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Civil Law) Manstealing; kidnaping. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plagosus. See Plague. ] Fond of flogging; as, a plagose master. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf. Plaint. ] 1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

The different plague of each calamity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. “A plague upon the people fell.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cattle plague. See Rinderpest. --
Plague mark,
Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plagued p. pr. & vb. n. Plaguing. ] 1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus were they plagued
And worn with famine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. [ 1913 Webster ]

She will plague the man that loves her most. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from plagues or the plague. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who plagues or annoys. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely. [ Colloq. ] “Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately.” Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse. [ Colloq. ] Also used adverbially; as, “He is so plaguy proud.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]