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   Brail (), n. [OE. brayle furling rope, OF. braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr.F. braies, pl., breeches, fr. L.  braca, bracae, breeches, a Gallic word; cf. Arm. bragez.  Cf. Breeches.]
   
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   1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
   
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   2. pl. (Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
   
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   3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
   
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   Brail, v. t. (Naut.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, “to brail up a sail”.
   
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   Plaice (?), n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zool.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.]
   
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   Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.]  B. Jonson.
   
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