What does plaiden mean?
Plaiden means (Scotland) A coarse, woollen cloth.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Scotland) A coarse, woollen cloth.
To a superstitious eye, Lucy Ashton, folded in her plaiden mantle, with her long hair, escaping partly from the snood and falling upon her silver neck, might have suggested the idea of the murdered Nymph of the Fountain.
It is miserably poor, and much out of the way, and produces no better commodities than plaiden webs, green kale, and handsome lads and lasses.
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Plaiden means (Scotland) A coarse, woollen cloth.
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To a superstitious eye, Lucy Ashton, folded in her plaiden mantle, with her long hair, escaping partly from the snood and falling upon her silver neck, might have suggested the idea of the murdered Nymph of the Fountain.
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