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pledget|ˈplɛdʒɪt|
Forms: 6 plagette, pleggat, 7 plageat, (plegant, -ent, pleagant, -eant), 7–8 plaget, pleget, 7–9 pledgit, 7– pledget.
[Known from 16th c.: origin and early history of obscure.
The divergent spellings in 16–17th c. leave uncertain the original form, and even the sound of the g, and the nature of the ending (in which -ette, -et suggest a Romanic diminutive). On the supposition that the g was hard, the derivation has been sought in plug, and in MDu. plagge, plagghe patch of cloth, rag, wrapper, covering, Du. plagge turf, tan-cake, MLG. and LG. plagge tangled or matted mass, turf, patch, rag. Others have thought of a diminutive from L. and Romanic plāga wound, F. plaie, or a deriv. from pleach v.: cf. Prov. plecha 'no plago to bandage a wound. But all these suggestions present difficulties.]
A small compress or flattened mass of lint or other soft absorbent material (often steeped in some medicament), for applying over a wound, sore, etc.; see also quot. 1892.
c1540Pract. Cyrurgyons A j, Stupes, or plagettes made of lynte, Cotten or other lyke stuped or dypped in hote Oyles. 1575Turberv. Falconrie 258 Spread of this vpon a pleggat of linnen cloth. 1612Woodall Surg. Mate Wks. (1653) 92 With plegents of lint drie fil up the orifice. 1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. i. (1668) 35 Take Unguentum Aurum, and lay it upon a pleagant of lint. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 48 Apply it vnto the teates vpon plageats as hot as may be endured. 1643J. Steer tr. Exp. Chyrurg. vi. 20 It may be spread on little pleggets and applyed. 1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1757) II. 240 Spread upon Pieces of Lint, or what we call Pledgets of Lint. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece i. i. 88 To be apply'd..with Plagets and other Helps. 1812J. J. Henry Camp. agst. Quebec 75 He drew a pledget of linnen quite through the wound. 1892Photogr. Ann. II. 49 Be sure to go over the face of the plate with a wet pledget of cotton wool. |