PLANTATION
PLANTA'TION, noun [Latin plantatio, from planto, to plant.]1. The act of planting or setting in the earth for growth.2. The place planted; applied to ground planted with trees, ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PLANTED
PLANT'ED, participle passive Set in the earth for propagation; set; fixed; introduced; established.1. Furnished with seeds or plants for growth; as a planted field.2. Furnished ...
PLANTER
PLANT'ER, noun One that plants, sets, introduces or establishes; as a planter of maiz; a planter of vines; the planters of a colony.1. One that settles in a new or uncultivated ...
PLANTERSHIP
PLANT'ERSHIP, noun The business of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the West Indies.
PLANTICLE
PLANT'ICLE, noun A young plant or plant in embryo.
PLANTING
PLANT'ING, participle present tense Setting in the earth for propagation; setting; settling; introducing; establishing.PLANT'ING, noun The act or operation of setting in the gro...
PLASH
PLASH, noun [Gr. superabundant moisture.]1. A small collection of standing water; a puddle.2. The branch of a tree partly cut or lopped and bound to other branches.PLASH, verb i...
PLASHING
PLASH'ING, participle present tense Cutting and interweaving, as branches in a hedge.PLASH'ING, noun The act or operation of cutting and lopping small trees and interweaving the...
PLASHY
PLASH'Y, adjective Watery; abounding with puddles.
PLASM
PLASM, noun [Gr. to form.] A mold or matrix in which any thing is cast or formed to a particular shape. [Little used.]
PLASMA
PLAS'MA, noun A silicious mineral of a color between grass green and leek green, occurring in angular pieces in beds, associated with common chalcedony, and among the ruins of R...
PLASMATIC
PLASMAT'ICPLASMAT'ICAL, adjective Giving shape; having the power of giving form.
PLASMATICAL
PLASMAT'ICAL, a. Giving shape; having the power of giving form.
PLASTER
PL'ASTER, noun [Latin emplastrum; Gr. to daub or smear, properly to lay or spread on; to daub or to fashion, mold or shape.]1. A composition of lime, water and sand, well mixed ...
PLASTER-STONE
PL'ASTER-STONE, noun Gypsum, which see. This when pulverized is extensively used as a manure.
PLASTERED
PL'ASTERED, participle passive Overlaid with plaster.
PLASTERER
PL'ASTERER, noun One that overlays with plaster.1. One that makes figures in plaster.
PLASTERING
PL'ASTERING, participle present tense Covering with or laying on plaster.PL'ASTERING, noun The act or operation of overlaying with plaster.1. The plaster-work of a building; a c...
PLASTIC
PLAS'TIC, adjective [Gr. to form.] Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as the plastic hand of the Creator; the plastic virtue of nature.
PLASTICITY
PLASTIC'ITY, noun The quality of giving form or shape to matter.
PLASTRON
PLAS'TRON, noun [See Plaster.] A piece of leather stuffed; used by fencers to defend the body against pushes.
PLAT
PLAT, verb transitive [from plait, or plat flat.]To weave; to form by texture. Matthew 27:1.PLAT'
PLATANE
PLA'TANE, noun [Latin platanus.] The planetree, which see.
PLATBAND
PLAT'BAND, noun A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or the side of a parterre.1. In architecture, a flat square molding whose highth much exceeds its projecture, such ...
PLATE
PLATE, noun [Latin Latus, with the radical sense of laid, spread.]1. A piece of metal, flat or extended in breadth.2. Armor of plate composed of broad pieces, and thus distingui...
PLATED
PLA'TED, participle passive Covered or adorned with plate; armed with plate; beaten into plates.
PLATEN
PLAT'EN, noun [from its flatness.] Among printers, the flat part of a press by which the impression is made.