Webster's Dictionary 1913

4942

Plancher (2)

Planch″er, v. t. To form of planks. Golding.

4943

Planchet

Planch″et (?), n. [F. planchette a small board, dim. of planche. See Planch.] A flat piece of metal; especially, a disk of metal ready to be stamped as a coin.

4944

Planchette

Plan′chette″ (?), n. [F. See Planchet.] 1. A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.2. A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produ...

4945

Planching

Planch″ing (?), n. The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.

4946

Plane

Plane (?), n. [F., fr. L. platanus, Gr. �, fr. � broad; — so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See Place, and cf. Platane, Plantain the tree.] (Bot.) Any...

4947

Plane (2)

Plane (?), a. [L. planus: cf. F. plan. See Plan, a.] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.☞ In science, ...

4948

Plane (3)

Plane, n. [F. plane, L. plana. See Plane, v. & a.] 1. (Geom.) A surface, real or imaginary, in which, if any two points are taken, the straight line which joins them lies wholly...

4949

Plane (4)

Plane, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Planed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Planing.] [Cf. F. planer, L. planare, fr. planus. See Plane, a., Plain, a., and cf. Planish.] 1. To make smooth; to level; t...

4950

Plane (5)

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.

4951

Plane table

Plane″ ta′ble (?). See under Plane, a.

4952

Plane tree

Plane″ tree′ (?). (Bot.) Same as 1st Plane.

4953

Plane-parallel

Plane′–par″al‐lel (?), a.(Optics) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.

4954

Planer

Plan″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.2. (Print.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a f...

4955

Planer tree

Plan″er tree′ (?). [From J. S. Planer, a German botanist.] (Bot.) A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.

4956

Planet

Plan″et (?), n. [OE. planete, F. planète, L. planeta, fr. Gr. �, and � a planet; prop. wandering, fr. � to wander, fr. � a wandering.] 1. (Astron.) A celestial body which revolv...

4957

Planet-stricken

{ Plan″et–strick′en (?), Plan″et–struck′ (?), } a. Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. Milton.Like planet-stricken men of yoreHe trembles, smitten to the coreBy stron...

4958

Planetarium

Plan′e‐ta″ri‐um (?), n. [NL.: cf. F. planétaire. See Planetary.] An orrery. See Orrery.

4959

Planetary

Plan″et‐a‐ry (?), a. [Cf. L. planetarius an astrologer, F. planétaire planetary. See Planet.] 1. Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; p...

4960

Planeted

Plan″et‐ed, a. Belonging to planets. Young.

4961

Planetic

{ Pla‐net″ic (?), Pla‐net″ic‐al (?), } a. [L. planeticus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to planets. Sir T. Browne.

4962

Planetoid

Plan″et‐oid (?), n. [Planet + -oid.] (Astron.) A body resembling a planet; an asteroid.

4963

Planetoidal

Plan″et‐oid‐al (?), a. Pertaining to a planetoid.

4964

Planetule

Plan″et‐ule (?), n. A little planet. Conybeare.

4965

Plangency

Plan″gen‐cy (?), n. The quality or state of being plangent; a beating sound.

4966

Plangent

Plan″gent (?), a. [L. plangens, -entis, fr. plangere to beat. See Plaint.] Beating; dashing, as a wave. “The plangent wave.” H. Taylor.

4967

Plani-

{ Plan″i– (?), Plan″o– (?) }. [L. planus. See Plane, a.] Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave.

4968

Planifolious

Plan′i‐fo″li‐ous (?), a. [Plani- + L. folium leaf.] (Bot.) Flat-leaved.