Definition of plight

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Plight (n.) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

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Lamplight :: Lamplight (n.) Light from a lamp.
Lamplighter :: Lamplighter (n.) The calico bass.
Plighting :: Plighting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pligh.
Plight :: Plight () imp. & p. p. of Pluck.
Plighted :: Plighted (imp. & p. p.) of Pligh.
How :: How (adv.) In what state, condition, or plight..
Trothplight :: Trothplight (v. t.) To betroth.
Plight :: Plight (v. t.) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
Disespouse :: Disespouse (v. t.) To release from espousal or plighted faith.
Plight :: Plight (n.) To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; -- never applied to property or goods..
Plighter :: Plighter (n.) One who, or that which, plights..
Willow :: Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To give or pass as a security; to guarantee; to engage; to plight; as, to pledge one's word and honor..
Looplight :: Looplight (n.) A small narrow opening or window in a tower or fortified wall; a loophole.
Well-plighted :: Well-plighted (a.) Being well folded.
Trothplight :: Trothplight (a.) Betrothed; espoused; affianced.
Droplight :: Droplight (n.) An apparatus for bringing artificial light down from a chandelier nearer to a table or desk; a pendant.
Plight :: Plight (n.) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Plight :: Plight (n.) Condition; state; -- risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
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