Plying

//ˈplaɪ.ɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An arrangement of strands or plies.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of ply form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"He stops, and from Achates hastes to seize / his chance-brought arms, the arrows and the bow, / the branching antlers smites, and lays the leader low. / Next fall the herd; and through the leafy glade / in mingled rout he drives the scattered train, / plying his shafts."

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