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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plaice \Plaice\, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr L. platessa flatish, plaice. See {Place}.] (Zo["o]l.) a A European food fish ({Pleuronectes platessa}), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more b A large American flounder ({Paralichthys dentatus}; called also {brail}, {puckermouth}, and {summer flounder}. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also {plaise}.] {Plaice mouth}, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brail \Brail\, n. [OE. brayle furling rope, OF braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr.F. braies, pl., breeches, fr.L. braca, bracae, breeches, a Gallic word cf Arm. bragez. Cf {Breeches}.] 1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. 2. pl (Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling. 3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brail \Brail\, v. t. (Naut.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up as to brail up a sail. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brail v 1: take in a sail with a brail 2: haul fish aboard with brails
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