"plack" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /plæk/, [pʰl̥æk], /plak/ [UK], [pʰl̥ak] [UK] Forms: placks [plural]
Rhymes: -æk, -ak Etymology: From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|dum|placke||name of a coin}} Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”), {{cog|goh|pleh}} Old High German pleh, {{m|goh|bleh||thin leaf of metal, plate}} bleh (“thin leaf of metal, plate”), {{l|en|plaque}} plaque Head templates: {{en-noun}} plack (plural placks)
  1. (obsolete) A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-plack-en-noun-4URdf3wx
  2. (Scotland, Northern England, historical) A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland, historical
    Sense id: en-plack-en-noun-VFwTkgGk Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 63 8 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /plæk/, [pʰl̥æk], /plak/ [UK], [pʰl̥ak] [UK]
Rhymes: -æk, -ak Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} plack
  1. Misspelling of plaque. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: plaque
    Sense id: en-plack-en-noun-9y0W79PU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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