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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.

Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice. "My plaintful tongue." Sir P. Sidney.

See Plaintive. [Obs.] Prior.

Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden.

Without complaint; unrepining. "Plaintless patience." Savage.

ternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain.

(clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.

The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift.

The office or business of a chaplain. The Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship. Milton.

h of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. O lose of sight, of three I most complain! Milton.