See Also: plack(dictionary)

unstraight (iou) and plack (iou)


unstraight (iou)



unstraight adjective. M17.
[from UN-1 + STRAIGHT adjective1.]
Not straight; deviating, indirect.
unstraightened adjective not made straight M19.
unstraightforward adjective not straightforward; indirect, complicated: L19.

plack (iou)



plack noun. [plak] Chiefly Scot. & north. LME.
[Prob. from Flemish placke, plecke small coin, French plaque, plecque, medieval Latin plac(c)a, plaka: see PLAQUE.]
Hist. Any of various small coins current in Scotland or the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th cents.
J. Buchan I don't care a plack for Politics.
plackless adjective (Scot.) without a plack, penniless L18.