Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 72

Plaguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plague.

Plague (v. t.) 使染瘟疫；使受災禍 To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind.

Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. -- Milton.

Plague (v. t.) Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.

She will plague the man that loves her most. -- Spenser.

Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.

Plague (n.) A serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [syn: plague, pestilence, pest, pestis].

Plague (n.) Any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: plague, pestilence, pest].

Plague (n.) A swarm of insects that attack plants; "a grasshoppers" [syn: infestation, plague].

Plague (n.) Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent  by God).

Plague (n.) An annoyance; "those children are a damn plague."

Plague (v.) Cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" [syn: blight, plague].

Plague (v.) Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his femal co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke].

Plague, () A "stroke" of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity (Mark 5:29; Luke 7:21), or the judgment of God, so called (Ex. 9:14). Plagues of Egypt were ten in number.

Plague, () The river Nile was turned into blood, and the fish died, and the river stank, so that the Egyptians loathed to drink of.

Plague, () The plague of frogs (Ex. 8:1-15).

Plague, () The plague of lice (Heb. kinnim, properly gnats or mosquitoes; comp. Ps. 78:45; 105:31), "out of the dust of the land" (Ex. 8:16-19).

Plague, () The plague of flies (Heb. arob, rendered by the LXX. dog-fly), Ex. 8:21-24.

Plague, () The murrain (Ex.9:1-7), or epidemic pestilence which carried off vast numbers of cattle in the field. Warning was given of its coming.

Plague, () The sixth plague, of "boils and blains," like the third, was sent without warning (Ex.9:8-12). It is called (Deut. 28:27) "the botch of Egypt," A.V.; but in R.V., "the boil of Egypt."

"The magicians could not stand before Moses" because of it.

Plague, () The plague of hail, with fire and thunder (Ex. 9:13-33). Warning was given of its coming. (Comp. Ps. 18:13; 105:32, 33).

Plague, () The plague of locusts, which covered the whole face of the earth, so that the land was darkened with them (Ex. 10:12-15). The Hebrew name of this insect, _arbeh_, points to the "multitudinous" character of this visitation. Warning was given before this plague came.

Plague, () After a short interval the plague of darkness succeeded that of the locusts; and it came without any special warning (Ex. 10:21-29). The darkness covered "all the land of Egypt" to such an extent that "they saw not one another." It did not, however, extend to the land of Goshen.

Plague, () The last and most fearful of these plagues was the death of the first-born of man and of beast (Ex. 11:4, 5; 12:29,30). The exact time of the visitation was announced, "about midnight", which would add to the horror of the infliction. Its extent also is specified, from the first-born of the king to the first-born of the humblest slave, and all the first-born of beasts. But from this plague the Hebrews were completely exempted. The Lord "put a difference" between them and the  Egyptians. (See Passover.)

Plague, (n.) In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune.  The plague as we of to-day have the happiness to know it is merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.

Plagueful (a.) Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.

Plagueless (a.) Free from plagues or the plague.

Plaguer (n.) One who plagues or annoys.

Plaguily (adv.) 【口】煩擾地 In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely. [Colloq.] "Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately." -- Landor.

Plaguily (adv.) In a disagreeable manner; "it's so plaguey cold!" [syn: plaguey, plaguy, plaguily].

Plaguy (a.) Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse.

 [Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud." -- Shak.

Plaguy (adv.) In a disagreeable manner; "it's so plaguey cold!" [syn: plaguey, plaguy, plaguily].

Plaguy (a.) Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing, vexatious, vexing].

Plaice (n.) (Zool.) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more.

Plaice (n.) (Zool.) 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.]

Plaice mouth, A mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] -- B. Jonson.

Plaid (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.

Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

Plaid (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

Plaid (n.) A cloth having a crisscross design [syn: tartan, plaid].

Plaided (a.) Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. "In plaided vest." -- Wordsworth.

Plaided (a.) Wearing a plaid. -- Campbell.

Plaiding (n.) Plaid cloth.

Plain (v. t.) To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss. [Archaic & Poetic] -- Sir J. Harrington.

Plain (a.) Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See Plane.

The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. -- Isa. xl. 4.

Plain (a.) Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair.

Our troops beat an army in plain fight. -- Felton.

Plain (a.) Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. "'T is a plain case." -- Shak.

Plain (a.) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple.

Plain (a.) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. "Plain yet pious Christians." -- Hammond. "The plain people." -- A. Lincoln.

Plain (a.) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. "An honest mind, and plain." -- Shak.

Plain (a.) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food.

Plain (a.) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman.

Plain (a.) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.

Plain (a.) Not much varied by modulations; as, a plain tune.

Plain battle, Open battle; pitched battle. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.

Plain chant (Mus.) Same as Plain song, below.

Plain chart (Naut.), A chart laid down on Mercator's projection.

Plain dealer. One who practices plain dealing.

Plain dealer. A simpleton. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Plain dealing. See under Dealing.

Plain molding (Join.), Molding of which the surfaces are plain figures.

Plain sewing, Sewing of seams by simple and common stitches, in distinct from fancy work, embroidery, etc.; -- distinguished also from designing and fitting garments.

Plain song. The Gregorian chant, or canto fermo; the prescribed melody of the Roman Catholic service, sung in unison, in tones of equal length, and rarely extending beyond the compass of an octave.

Plain song. A simple melody.

Plain speaking, Plainness or bluntness of speech.

Syn: Level; flat; smooth; open; artless; unaffected; undisguised; frank; sincere; honest; candid; ingenuous; unembellished; downright; blunt; clear; simple; distinct; manifest; obvious; apparent. See Manifest.

Plain (v. i.) To lament; to bewail; to complain. [Archaic & Poetic] -- Milton.

We with piteous heart unto you pleyne. -- Chaucer.

Plain (adv.) In a plain manner; plainly. "To speak short and pleyn." -- Chaucer. "To tell you plain." -- Shak.

Plain (n.) Level land; usually, an open field or a broad stretch of land with an even surface, or a surface little varied by inequalities; as, the plain of Jordan; the American plains, or prairies.

Descending fro the mountain into playn. -- Chaucer.

Him the Ammonite Worshiped in Rabba and her watery plain. -- Milton.

Plain (n.) A field of battle. [Obs.] -- Arbuthnot.

Lead forth my soldiers to the plain. -- Shak.

Plained (imp. & p. p.) of Plain.

Plaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plain.

Plain (v. t.) To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.]

We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. -- Wither.

Plain (v. t.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. -- Shak.

Plain (adv.) Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly'); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great pain"; "he was manifestly too important to leave off the guest list"; "it is all patently nonsense"; "she has apparently been living here for some time"; "I thought he owned the property, but apparently not"; "You are plainly wrong"; "he is plain stubborn" [syn: obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain].

Plain (a.) Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable].

Plain (a.) Not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" [ant: fancy].

Plain (a.) Lacking patterns especially in color [syn: plain, unpatterned] [ant: patterned].

Plain (a.) Not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" [syn: plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed].

Plain (a.) Free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" [syn: plain, unvarnished].

Plain (a.) Lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn: plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented].

Plain (a.) Lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" [syn: homely, plain].

Plain (n.) Extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth" [syn: plain, field, champaign].

Plain (n.) A basic knitting stitch [syn: knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch].

Plain (v.) Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" [syn: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch] [ant: cheer, cheer up, chirk up].

PLAIN, () Programming LAnguage for INteraction.  Pascal-like, with extensions for database, string handling, exceptions and pattern matching.  "Revised Report on the Programming Language PLAIN", A. Wasserman, SIGPLAN Notices 6(5):59-80 (May 1981).

Plain, () Heb. 'abel (Judg. 11:33), a "grassy plain" or "meadow." Instead of "plains of the vineyards," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version has "Abel-cheramim" (q.v.), comp. Judg. 11:22; 2 Chr. 16:4.

Plain, () Heb. 'elon (Gen. 12:6; 13:18; 14:13; 18:1; Deut. 11:30; Judg. 9:6), more correctly "oak," as in the Revised Version; margin, "terebinth."

Plain, () Heb. bik'ah (Gen. 11:2; Neh. 6:2; Ezek. 3:23; Dan. 3:1), properly a valley, as rendered in Isa. 40:4, a broad plain between mountains. In Amos 1:5 the margin of Authorized Version has "Bikathaven."

Plain, () Heb. kikar, "the circle," used only of the Ghor, or the low ground along the Jordan (Gen. 13:10-12; 19:17, 25, 28, 29; Deut. 34:3; 2 Sam. 18:23; 1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chr. 4:17; Neh. 3:22; 12:28), the floor of the valley through which it flows. This name is applied to the Jordan valley as far north as Succoth.

Plain, () Heb. mishor, "level ground," smooth, grassy table-land (Deut. 3:10; 4:43; Josh. 13:9, 16, 17, 21; 20:8; Jer. 48:21), an expanse of rolling downs without rock or stone. In these passages, with the article prefixed, it denotes the plain in the tribe of Reuben. In 2 Chr. 26:10 the plain of Judah is meant.

Jerusalem is called "the rock of the plain" in Jer. 21:13, because the hills on which it is built rise high above the plain.

Plain, () Heb. 'arabah, the valley from the Sea of Galilee southward to the Dead Sea (the "sea of the plain," 2 Kings 14:25; Deut. 1:1; 2:8), a distance of about 70 miles. It is called by the modern Arabs the Ghor. This Hebrew name is found in Authorized Version (Josh. 18:18), and is uniformly used in the Revised Version. Down through the centre of this plain is a ravine, from 200 to 300 yards wide, and from 50 to 100 feet

deep, through which the Jordan flows in a winding course. This ravine is called the "lower plain."

The name Arabah is also applied to the whole Jordan valley from Mount Hermon to the eastern branch of the Red Sea, a distance of about 200 miles, as well as to that portion of the valley which stretches from the Sea of Galilee to the same branch of the Red Sea, i.e., to the Gulf of Akabah about 100 miles in all.

Plain, () Heb. shephelah, "low ground," "low hill-land," rendered "vale" or "valley" in Authorized Version (Josh. 9:1; 10:40; 11:2; 12:8; Judg. 1:9; 1 Kings 10:27). In Authorized Version (1 Chr. 27:28; 2 Chr. 26:10) it is also rendered "low country." In Jer. 17:26, Obad. 1:19, Zech. 7:7, "plain." The Revised Version renders it uniformly "low land." When it is preceded by the article, as in Deut. 1:7, Josh. 11:16; 15:33, Jer. 32:44; 33:13, Zech. 7:7, "the shephelah," it denotes the plain along the Mediterranean from Joppa to Gaza, "the plain of the Philistines." (See VALLEY.)

Plain, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin

Population (2000):  792

Housing Units (2000): 339

Land area (2000):  0.731058 sq. miles (1.893431 sq. km)

Water area (2000):  0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000):  0.731058 sq. miles (1.893431 sq. km)

FIPS code:  63125

Located within:  Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55

Location:  43.277580 N, 90.044563 W

ZIP Codes (1990):  53577

Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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Plainant (n.) (Law) One who makes complaint; the plaintiff. [Obs.]

Plain-dealing (a.) Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing. -- Shak.

Plain-hearted (a.) Frank; sincere; artless. -- Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Plaining (n.) Complaint. [Poetic] -- Shak.

Plaining (a.) Complaining. [Poetic] -- Bryant.

Plain (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Plained; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaining.] [Cf. Plane, v.] To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.]

We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. -- Wither.

Plain (v. t.) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. -- Shak.

Plain-laid (a.) (Naut.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

Plainly (adv.) In a plain manner; clearly.

Plainness (n.) The quality or state of being plain.

Plainness (n.) The state of being unmixed with other material; "the plainness of vanilla ice cream".

Plainness (n.) Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous [syn: perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness].

Plainness (n.) The appearance of being plain and unpretentious.

Plainness (n.) An appearance that is not attractive or beautiful; "fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness" [syn: homeliness, plainness].

-men (n. pl.) of Plainsman.

Plainsman (n.) One who lives in the plains.

Plainsman (n.) An inhabitant of a plains region (especially the Great Plains of North America).

Plainsong (n.) A liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: plainsong, plainchant, Gregorian chant].

Plain-spoken (a.) Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. -- Dryden.

Plaint (n.) Audible expression of sorrow; lamentation; complaint; hence, a mournful song; a lament. -- Chaucer."The Psalmist's mournful plaint." -- Wordsworth.

Plaint (n.) An accusation or protest on account of an injury.

Plaint (n.) A private memorial tendered to a court, in which a person sets forth his cause of action; the exhibiting of an action in writing.

Plaintful (a.) Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice.

Plaintiff (n.) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant.

Plaintiff (a.) See Plaintive.

Plaintive (n.) Repining; complaining; lamenting.

Plaintive (n.) Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad.

Plaintless (a.) Without complaint; unrepining.

Plaisance (n.) See Pleasance.

Plaise (n.) See Plaice.

Plaister (n.) See Plaster.

Plait (n.) A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait.

Plait (n.) A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.

Plaited (imp. & p. p.) of Plait.

Plaiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plait.

Plait (v. t.) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.

Plait (v. t.) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.

Plaited (a.) Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful.

Plaiter (n.) One who, or that which, plaits.

Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram.

Plan (a.) A scheme devised; a method of action or procedure expressed or described in language; a project; as, the plan of a constitution; the plan of an expedition.

Plan (a.) A method; a way of procedure; a custom.

Planned (imp. & p. p.) of Plan.

Planning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plan.

Plan (v. t.) To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram.

Plan (v. t.) To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country.

Planariae (n. pl.) of Planaria.

-rias (n. pl.) of Planaria.

Planaria (n.) Any species of turbellarian worms belonging to Planaria, and many allied genera. The body is usually flat, thin, and smooth. Some species, in warm countries, are terrestrial.

Planarian (n.) One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm.

Planarida (n. pl.) A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocoela.

Planarioid (a.) Like the planarians.

Planary (a.) Of or pertaining to a plane.

Planch (n.) A plank.

Planched (imp. & p. p.) of Planch.

Planching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Planch.

Planch (v. t.) To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.

Plancher (n.) A floor of wood; also, a plank.

Plancher (n.) The under side of a cornice; a soffit.

Plancher (v. t.) To form of planks.

Planchet (n.) A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.

Planchette (n.) A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.

Planchette (n.) A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes translated as of oracular or supernatural import.

Planching (n.) The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.

Plane (n.) Any tree of the genus Platanus.

Note: The Oriental plane ({Platanus orientalis) is a native of Asia. It rises with a straight, smooth, branching stem to a great height, with palmated leaves, and long pendulous peduncles, sustaining several heads of small close-sitting flowers. The seeds are downy, and collected into round, rough, hard balls. The Occidental plane ({Platanus occidentalis), which grows to a great height, is a native of North America, where it is popularly called sycamore, buttonwood, and buttonball, names also applied to the California species ({Platanus racemosa).

Plane (a.) Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.

Note: In science, this word (instead of plain) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. 

Plane angle, The angle included between two straight lines in a plane.

Plane chart, Plane curve. See under Chart and Curve.

Plane figure, A figure all points of which lie in the same plane. If bounded by straight lines it is a rectilinear plane figure, If by curved lines it is a curvilinear plane figure.

Plane geometry, That part of geometry which treats of the relations and properties of plane figures.

Plane problem, A problem which can be solved geometrically by the aid of the right line and circle only.

Plane sailing (Naut.), The method of computing a ship's place and course on the supposition that the earth's surface is a plane.

Plane scale (Naut.), A scale for the use of navigators, on which are graduated chords, sines, tangents, secants, rhumbs, geographical miles, etc.

Plane surveying, Surveying in which the curvature of the earth is disregarded; ordinary field and topographical surveying of tracts of moderate extent.

Plane table, An instrument used for plotting the lines of a survey on paper in the field.

Plane trigonometry, The branch of trigonometry in which its principles are applied to plane triangles.
Plane (v. i.) Of a boat, to lift more or less out of the water while in motion, after the manner of a hydroplane; to hydroplane.

Plane (n.) (Geom.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature.

Plane (n.) (Astron.) An ideal surface, conceived as coinciding with, or containing, some designated astronomical line, circle, or other curve; as, the plane of an orbit; the plane of the ecliptic, or of the equator.

Plane (n.) (Mech.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.

Plane (n.) (Joinery) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc.

Objective plane (Surv.), the horizontal plane upon which the object which is to be delineated, or whose place is to be determined, is supposed to stand.

Perspective plane. See Perspective.

Plane at infinity (Geom.), A plane in which points infinitely distant are conceived as situated.

Plane iron, The cutting chisel of a joiner's plane.

Plane of polarization. (Opt.) See Polarization.

Plane of projection. The plane on which the projection is made, corresponding to the perspective plane in perspective; -- called also principal plane.

Plane of projection. (Descriptive Geom.) One of the planes to which points are referred for the purpose of determining their relative position in space.

Plane of refraction or Plane of reflection (Opt.), The plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted or reflected ray.

Planed (imp. & p. p.) of Plane.

Planing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plane.

Plane (v. t.) To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.

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