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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A lamentation.

   "And piteous plainings of the pretty babes, That mourn'd for fashion, ignorant what to fear..."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of plain form-of, gerund, participle, present

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simpleapparentausterechastedryfeatureless

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"And piteous plainings of the pretty babes, That mourn'd for fashion, ignorant what to fear..."

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