There's no mention in the OED of
plight under
pluck, nor
pluck under
plight.
But here is
plight, v - both are obsolete. [truncated for space]
plight, v.1
1. trans. To endanger or compromise (life, honour, etc.).
Obs.
In Old English with object in dative.
OE Laws of Æelred II (Nero) V. xxviii. 244 Gyf hwa butan leafe of fyrde gewende,
e se cyning sylf on sy, plihte him sylfum & ealre his are.
OE Laws of Æelred II (Claud.) VI. xxxvi. 256 Gif mor
wyrhtan o
e mansworan..to
am ge
ristian,
æt hy on
æs cyninges neaweste gewunian, ær
am
e hy habban bote agunnen for Gode & for worolde,
onne plihton hy heora are & eallon heora æhtan.
2. trans.
a. To put (something) under risk of forfeiture; to give in pledge; to pledge or engage (one's troth, faith, oath, promise, etc.). Now
rare.
...
J. BENTHAM Def. Usury vi. 60 In the case of informers in general, there has been no troth plighted, nor benefit received.
1855 MACAULAY Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 685 They came in multitudes..to plight faith to William, rightful and lawful King.
1887 R. F. BURTON tr.
Arabian Nights' Entertainments: Suppl. Nights III. dlvii. 126, I am a man of my word even as I plighted it to him.
1977 Economist (Nexis) 14 May 104 The leaders of the non-communist world publicly plighted their economic troth last weekend.
2001 Estonian News Agengy (Nexis) 27 Apr., Mois himself has on several occasions plighted his faith to the coalition agreement in Tallinn.
b. spec. To pledge (one's troth, faith, etc.) as (part of) an act of betrothal or marriage. See also
TROTH-PLIGHT v.
The chief surviving sense, although now deliberately
arch.
...
1832 H. MARTINEAU Ireland iv. 72 So you have plighted and pledged yourself to your band since you swore you would wed me only.
1870 E. PEACOCK Ralf Skirlaugh III. 116 His daughter was plighted to the very man he would have chosen for her.
1887 T. HARDY Woodlanders II. iv. 71 One of the girls (a bouncing maiden, plighted to young Timothy Tangs) asked her if she would join in.
1927 R. A. TAYLOR
Leonardo 20 One pale, heavy-curled child slips past, dying because he has plighted himself to Artemis.
1944 Nebraska State Jrnl. 7 June 8/5 The girl, already promised to a powerful neighbor, had plighted herself to the golden-voiced bard.
plight, v.2
Obs.
a1425 (
c1385)
CHAUCER Troilus & Criseyde (1987) II. 697 What to doone best were, and what eschue; That plited [
v.rr. plitede, pleytede] she ful ofte in many fold.
a1639 J. STOUGHTON Learned Treat. (1640) II. 78 So long as these Divine truths are folded and plighted together in these few divisions, there is no lustre or light sparkles from them.
2. trans. To enfold in one's arms; to embrace.
rare.
a1450 York Plays 436 And in his armes he shall hym plight.
1596 R. LYNCHE
Dom Diego in
Diella sig. F3v, Diego..Came running forth, him in his armes to plight.
3. trans. To plait or braid (hair, threads, etc.); =
PLAIT v. 1; to tie in a knot.
1589 R. GREENE Menaphon sig. I2, Hir lockes are pleighted like the fleece of wooll.
1590 SPENSER Faerie Queene II. vi. 7 Sometimes her head she fondly would aguize With gaudy girlonds..or rings of rushes plight.
a1592 R. GREENE Frier Bacon (1594) sig. D2, Ile plight the bands and seale it with a kisse.
1633 P. FLETCHER Purple Island VII. xxiii. 90 A long love-lock on his left shoulder plight.