Definition for PLAIN

PLAIN, n. [Ir. cluain; W. llan; Fr. plaine. See the adjective.]

  1. Level land; usually, an open field with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, all the plain of Jordan. – Gen. xiii.
  2. Field of battle. – Arbuthnot.

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