"plaw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plaws [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plawen}} Middle English plawen, {{inh|en|ang|plagian}} Old English plagian, {{cog|ang|plegian|t=to move about quickly, play}} Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} plaw (plural plaws)
  1. A boiling.
    Sense id: en-plaw-en-noun-lw51BWsV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 10 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 69 17 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 17 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: play

Verb

Forms: plaws [present, singular, third-person], plawing [participle, present], plawed [participle, past], plawed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː Etymology: From Middle English plawen, playen, plaȝen, from Old English plagian, a dialectal (Anglian) variant of Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”). More at play. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|plawen}} Middle English plawen, {{inh|en|ang|plagian}} Old English plagian, {{cog|ang|plegian|t=to move about quickly, play}} Old English plegian (“to move about quickly, play”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} plaw (third-person singular simple present plaws, present participle plawing, simple past and past participle plawed)
  1. (intransitive) To boil; seethe. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-plaw-en-verb-1zHJuZ5b
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To boil; boil slightly; parboil. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-plaw-en-verb-3bxPpKZz Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: play

Inflected forms

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