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ply one of the strands twisted together to make rope, yarn, etc. ply [plī] (materials) A thin sheet of wood or other material bonded to one or more additional thin sheets, as in plywood. (textiles) A strand of yarn made by twisting together two or more strands.
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| As soon as it was midnight, there came in two little naked dwarfs; and they sat themselves upon the shoemaker's bench, took up all the work that was cut out, and began to ply with their little fingers, stitching and rapping and tapping away at such a rate, that the shoemaker was all wonder, and could not take his eyes off them. And to ply them with that evil still, to keep up the work of demons, is what brings the others back. A blacksmith's forge, which had been set up in the shelter of a grove near the beach, attracted so great a crowd, that it required the utmost efforts of the sentries posted around to keep the inquisitive multitude at a sufficient distance to allow the workmen to ply their vocation. |
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