plack

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/plæk/
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/plæk/ · [pʰl̥æk] · /plak/(UK) · [pʰl̥ak](UK)

Definition of plack

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (obsolete)A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
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noun

  1. (obsolete)A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries.
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, historical)A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies.
    “‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’”
  3. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of plaque.

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque.

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