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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.

ply
ply
One of a number of thin sheets in a layered construction, as in plywood, laminated panels, roofing felt, etc.

(mathematics, data)ply - 1. Of a node in a tree, the number of branches between that node and the root.

2. Of a tree, the maximum ply of any of its nodes.


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Officers will also be looking for unlicensed private hire and hackney carriage vehicles plying for hire in the area to safeguard the work of the genuine taxi driving community.
The operation last weekend by city council licensing officers and Merseyside Police saw a private hire driver have his vehicle seized for plying for hire without a licence to do so, invalidating his insurance.
In separate hearings at North Shields Magistrates' Court, two drivers were each fined pounds 100, with pounds 150 costs and a pounds 15 victim surcharge, after pleading guilty to plying for hire without a licence.
 
 
 
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