Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter P > Page 99 of 206. « Previous ¦91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 ¦ Next » Plain Plain adjective [ Compar. Plainer ; superl. Plainest .] [ French, level, flat, from Latin planus , perhaps akin to English floor . Confer Llano , Piano , Plan , Plane level, a level surface.] The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain .Isa. xl. 4. Our troops beat an army in plain fight.Felton. Plain Plain adverb In a plain manner; plainly. "To speak short and pleyn ." Chaucer. "To tell you plain ." Shak.
Plain Plain noun [ Confer Old French plaigne , French plaine . See Plain , adjective ] Descending fro the mountain into playn .Chaucer. Him the AmmoniteMilton. Lead forth my soldiers to the plain .Shak. Plain Plain transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Plained ; present participle & verbal noun Plaining .] [ Confer Plane , v. ] We would rake Europe rather, plain the East.Wither. What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech.Shak. Plain-dealing Plain"-deal`ing adjective Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing , under Dealing . Shak.
Plain-hearted Plain"-heart`ed adjective Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain-laid Plain"-laid` adjective (Nautical) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage .
Plain-spoken Plain"-spo`ken adjective Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.
Plainant Plain"ant noun [ See 1st Plain .] (Law) One who makes complaint; the plaintiff. [ Obsolete]
Plaining Plain"ing noun Complaint. [ Poetic] Shak.
Plaining Plain"ing adjective Complaining. [ Poetic] Bryant.
Plainly Plain"ly adverb In a plain manner; clearly.
Plainness Plain"ness noun The quality or state of being plain.
Plainsman Plains"man noun ; plural Plaint Plaint noun [ Middle English plainte , pleynte , French plainte , from Latin plangere , planctum ( plancta , fem. past participle ), to beat, beat the breast, lament. Confer Complain , Plague , Plangent .] There are three just grounds of war with Spain: one of plaint , two upon defense.Bacon. Plaintful Plaint"ful adjective Containing a plaint; complaining; expressing sorrow with an audible voice. "My plaintful tongue." Sir P. Sidney.
Plaintiff Plain"tiff noun [ French plaintif making complaint, plaintive; in Old French equiv. to plaignant complainant, prosecutor, from plaindre . See Plaint , and confer Plaintive .] (Law) One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; -- opposed to defendant .
Plaintiff Plain"tiff adjective See Plaintive . [ Obsolete] Prior.
Plaintive Plain"tive adjective [ French plaintif . See Plaintiff , noun ] Plaintless Plaint"less adjective Without complaint; unrepining. " Plaintless patience." Savage.
Plaisance Plai`sance" noun [ French] See Pleasance .
Plaise Plaise noun (Zoology) See Plaice . [ Obsolete]
Plaister Plais"ter noun [ Obsolete] See Plaster .
Plait Plait noun [ Middle English playte , Old French pleit , Latin plicatum , plicitum , past participle of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply , and confer Plat to weave, Pleat , Plight fold.] The plaits and foldings of the drapery.Addison. Plait Plait transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Plaited ; present participle & verbal noun Plaiting .] Plaited Plait"ed adjective Folded; doubled over; braided; figuratively, involved; intricate; artful. Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.Shak. Plaiter Plait"er noun One who, or that which, plaits.
Plan Plan noun [ French, from Latin planus flat, level. See Plain , adjective ] God's plans like lines pure and white unfold.M. R. Smith. The simple plan ,Wordsworth. Body plan , Floor plan , Plan Plan transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Planned ; present participle & verbal noun Planning .] Even in penance, planning sins anew.Goldsmith. Planaria Pla·na"ri·a noun ; plural Latin Planarian Pla·na"ri·an noun (Zoology) One of the Planarida, or Dendrocœla; any turbellarian worm. -- Planarida Pla·nar"i·da noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) A division of Turbellaria; the Dendrocœla.
Planarioid Pla·na"ri·oid adjective [ Planaria + -oid .] (Zoology) Like the planarians.
Planary Pla"na·ry adjective [ Latin planarius level. See Plane , adjective ] Of or pertaining to a plane. [ R.]
Planch Planch noun [ French planche .] A plank. [ Obsolete] Ld. Berners.
Planch Planch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Planched ; present participle & verbal noun Planching .] [ French planche a board, plank. See Plank .] To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank. [ Obsolete] "To that vineyard is a planched gate." Shak.
Plancher Planch"er noun [ French, planche . See Planch .] Plancher Planch"er transitive verb To form of planks. [ Obsolete] Golding.
Planchet Planch"et noun [ French 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.
Planchette Plan`chette" noun [ French See Planchet .] Planching Planch"ing noun The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks.
Plane Plane noun [ French, from Latin platanus , Greek ..., from ... broad; -- so called on account of its broad leaves and spreading form. See Place , and confer Platane , Plantain the tree.] (Botany) Any tree of the genus Platanus. » 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 Plane adjective [ Latin planus : confer French plan . See Plan , adjective ] Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface. » In science, this word (instead of plain ) is almost exclusively used to designate a flat or level surface. Plane angle , Plane Plane noun [ French plane , Latin plana . See Plane , v. & adjective ] Plane Plane transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Planed ; present participle & verbal noun Planing .] [ Confer French planer , Latin planare , from planus . See Plane , adjective , Plain , adjective , and confer Planish .] He planed away the names . . . written on his tables.Chaucer. What student came but that you planed her path.Tennyson. Plane Plane intransitive verb Of a boat, to lift more or less out of the water while in motion, after the manner of a hydroplane; to hydroplane.
Plane table Plane" ta`ble See under Plane , adjective
Plane tree Plane" tree` (Botany) Same as 1st Plane .
Plane-parallel Plane`-par"al·lel adjective (Optics) Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.
Planer Plan"er noun
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