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tten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.] The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its leaf. Evelyn.

Capable of being explained or made plain to the understanding; capable of being interpreted. Sir. T. Browne.

One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.

p. p. of Flay. Chaucer.

Incapable of being explained; inexplicable.

The dark coloring matter of the liquid of the cuttlefish.

See Melanotype.

To exceed in villainy.

A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain.

To lament; to bewail; to complain. [Archaic & Poetic] Milton. We with piteous heart unto you pleyne. Chaucer.

Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing. Shak.

Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.

One who makes complaint; the plaintiff. [Obs.]

Complaint. [Poetic] Shak.

In a plain manner; clearly.

The quality or state of being plain.

One who lives in the plains.

Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament. Chaucer."The Psalmist's mournful plaint." Wordsworth.