plench results

[Pierre Abbat]

>plench  v.  To draw the stems of (flax or hemp) across a blunt edge, bending 
>them at an angle so as to loosen the fibers.
>"Despite the fact that I think the first parenthesis is in the wrong place 
>('of' should be inside), I'll give this a point."(Jean-Joseph)
>"Yeah, I think I can give this my 2 points, punctuation weirdness aside."(EZ)
>"I'd have voted for this one if not for the weird parentheses."(Ranjit)

The parentheses indicate that flax or hemp is the direct object of the verb
plench. You don't plench of flax; you plench it. Here's the third def of "doff"
from the OED:

To put off as a dress or covering; to throw off, lay aside; hence (in wider
sense), to do away with, get rid of (anything associated with oneself).

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