palmy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   pallium
         n 1: the layer of unmyelinated neurons (the grey matter) forming
               the cortex of the cerebrum [syn: {cerebral cortex},
               {cerebral mantle}, {pallium}, {cortex}]
         2: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or
            brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn:
            {mantle}, {pallium}]
         3: (Roman Catholic Church) vestment consisting of a band
            encircling the shoulders with two lappets hanging in front
            and back
         4: cloak or mantle worn by men in ancient Rome

English Dictionary: palmy	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pallone n an Italian game similar to tennis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palm n the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers Synonym(s): palm, thenar a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves Synonym(s): palm, palm tree an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event Synonym(s): decoration, laurel wreath, medal, medallion, palm, ribbon v touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise" Synonym(s): handle, palm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Palmae n chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales Synonym(s): Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
palmy adj very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" Synonym(s): booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pauline adj relating to Paul the Apostle or his doctrines
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pelham n a bit with a bar mouthpiece that is designed to combine a curb and snaffle
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phellem n (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells Synonym(s): phellem, cork
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Phleum n grasses native to temperate regions [syn: Phleum, {genus Phleum}]
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phloem n (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes Synonym(s): phloem, bast
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Phyllium n type genus of the Phyllidae [syn: Phyllium, {genus Phyllium}]
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phylum n (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pillion n a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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" Synonym(s): obviously, evidently, manifestly, patently, apparently, plainly, plain adj 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" Synonym(s): apparent, evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building" Antonym(s): fancy lacking patterns especially in color Synonym(s): plain, unpatterned Antonym(s): patterned not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing" Synonym(s): plain, sheer, unmingled, unmixed free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" Synonym(s): plain, unvarnished lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" Synonym(s): plain, bare, spare, unembellished, unornamented lacking in physical beauty or proportion; "a homely child"; "several of the buildings were downright homely"; "a plain girl with a freckled face" Synonym(s): homely, 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" Synonym(s): plain, field, champaign a basic knitting stitch Synonym(s): knit, knit stitch, plain, plain stitch v express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" Synonym(s): complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch Antonym(s): cheer, cheer up, chirk up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plan n a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue" Synonym(s): plan, program, programme an arrangement scheme; "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests" Synonym(s): design, plan scale drawing of a structure; "the plans for City Hall were on file" Synonym(s): plan, architectural plan v have the will and intention to carry out some action; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" Synonym(s): plan, be after make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack" Synonym(s): plan, project, contrive, design make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum" Synonym(s): design, plan
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plane adj having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another; "a flat desk"; "acres of level farmland"; "a plane surface"; "skirts sewn with fine flat seams" Synonym(s): flat, level, plane n an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; "the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane" Synonym(s): airplane, aeroplane, plane (mathematics) an unbounded two-dimensional shape; "we will refer to the plane of the graph as the X-Y plane"; "any line joining two points on a plane lies wholly on that plane" Synonym(s): plane, sheet a level of existence or development; "he lived on a worldly plane" a power tool for smoothing or shaping wood Synonym(s): plane, planer, planing machine a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood; "the cabinetmaker used a plane for the finish work" Synonym(s): plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane v cut or remove with or as if with a plane; "The machine shaved off fine layers from the piece of wood" Synonym(s): plane, shave travel on the surface of water Synonym(s): plane, skim make even or smooth, with or as with a carpenter's plane; "plane the top of the door"
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Plano n a city in northeastern Texas (suburb of Dallas)
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Pleione n small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan Synonym(s): Pleione, genus Pleione
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Pliny n Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113) Synonym(s): Pliny, Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79) Synonym(s): Pliny, Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plum adv exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn: plumb, plum] completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" Synonym(s): clean, plumb, plum n any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone Synonym(s): plum, plum tree any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"
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plum-yew n any of several evergreen trees and shrubs of eastern Asia resembling yew and having large seeds enclosed in a fleshy envelope; sometimes cultivated as ornamentals
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plume n anything that resembles a feather in shape or lightness; "a plume of smoke"; "grass with large plumes" a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds Synonym(s): feather, plume, plumage v rip off; ask an unreasonable price [syn: overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook] Antonym(s): undercharge be proud of; "He prides himself on making it into law school" Synonym(s): pride, plume, congratulate deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet" clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" Synonym(s): preen, plume form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke" dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" Synonym(s): preen, primp, plume, dress
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plummy adj very desirable; "a plummy leading role" (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice"
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plumy adj resembling a plume; "the dog's plumy tail" [syn: plumelike, plumy] having or covered with or abounding in plumes; "the plumed serpent"; "white-plumed egrets" Synonym(s): plumed, plumy adorned with feathers or plumes Synonym(s): feathery, feathered, plumy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pollen n the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant
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polony n another name for Bologna sausage
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Polyhymnia n (Greek mythology) the Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance
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polynya n a stretch of open water surrounded by ice (especially in Arctic seas)
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polyoma n a virus the can initiate various kinds of tumors in mice Synonym(s): polyoma, polyoma virus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pull in v direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers" Synonym(s): attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in Antonym(s): beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel, repulse earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" Synonym(s): gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in of trains; move into (a station); "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" Synonym(s): pull in, get in, move in, draw in Antonym(s): get out, pull out get or bring together; "accumulate evidence" Synonym(s): collect, pull in
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pull-in n a roadside cafe especially for lorry drivers [syn: {pull- in}, pull-up]
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pylon n a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists" Synonym(s): pylon, power pylon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wart hog \Wart" hog`\ (Zo[94]l.) Either one of two species of large, savage African wild hogs of the genus {Phacoch[oe]rus}. These animals have a pair of large, rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane. The South African species ({Phacoch[oe]rus [92]thiopicus}) is the best known. Called also {vlacke vark}. The second species ({P. [92]liani}) is native of the coasts of the Red Sea.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Palama \[d8]Pal"a*ma\, n.; pl. {Palamme}. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] the palm.] (Zo[94]l.) A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pallone \Pal*lo"ne\, n. [It., a large ball, fr. palla ball. See {Balloon}.] An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palm \Palm\, v. t. To [bd]grease the palm[b8] of; to bribe or tip. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palm \Palm\, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; -- so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst {Palm}, and cf. {Pam}.] 1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order {Palm[91]} or {Palmace[91]}; a palm tree. Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto. 2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. --Rev. vii. 9. 3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. [bd]The palm of martyrdom.[b8] --Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. --Shak. {Molucca palm} (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia ({Molucella l[91]vis}), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. {Palm cabbage}, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. {Palm cat} (Zo[94]l.), the common paradoxure. {Palm crab} (Zo[94]l.), the purse crab. {Palm oil}, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ({El[91]is Guineensis}), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See {El[91]is}. {Palm swift} (Zo[94]l.), a small swift ({Cypselus Batassiensis}) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. {Palm toddy}. Same as {Palm wine}. {Palm weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus {Rhynchophorus}. The larv[91] bore into palm trees, and are called {palm borers}, and {grugru worms}. They are considered excellent food. {Palm wine}, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ({Ph[d2]nix sylvestrix}), the palmyra, and the {Caryota urens}. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also {palm toddy}. {Palm worm}, or {Palmworm}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palm \Palm\, n. [OE. paume, F. paume, L. palma, Gr. [?], akin to Skr. p[be]ni hand, and E. fumble. See {Fumble}, {Feel}, and cf. 2d {Palm}.] 1. (Anat.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm. --Tennyson. 2. A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height. Note: In Greece, the palm was reckoned at three inches. The Romans adopted two measures of this name, the lesser palm of 2.91 inches, and the greater palm of 8.73 inches. At the present day, this measure varies in the most arbitrary manner, being different in each country, and occasionally varying in the same. --Internat. Cyc. 3. (Sailmaking) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers. 5. (Naut.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palm \Palm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Palmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palming}.] 1. To handle. [Obs.] --Prior. 2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. They palmed the trick that lost the game. --Prior. 3. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off. For you may palm upon us new for old. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Palmy \Palm"y\, a. 1. Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore. --Pope. His golden sands and palmy wine. --Goldsmith. 2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous. In the most high and palmy state of Rome. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paulian \Pau"lian\, Paulianist \Pau"lian*ist\, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Paul of Samosata, a bishop of Antioch in the third century, who was deposed for denying the divinity of Christ.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paulin \Pau"lin\, n. (Naut.) See {Tarpaulin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pauline \Pau"line\, a. [L. Paulinus, fr. Paulus Paul.] Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine. My religion had always been Pauline. --J. H. Newman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peliom \Pe"li*om\, n. [See {Pelioma}.] (Min.) A variety of iolite, of a smoky blue color; pelioma.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phleme \Phleme\, n. (Surg. & Far.) See {Fleam}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phlo89m \Phlo"[89]m\, n. [Gr. [?] bark.] (Bot.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Phyllome \Phyl"lome\, n. [Gr. [?] foliage, fr. [?] a leaf.] (Bot.) A foliar part of a plant; any organ homologous with a leaf, or produced by metamorphosis of a leaf.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pillion \Pil"lion\, n. [Ir. pillin, pilliun (akin to Gael. pillean, pillin), fr. Ir. & Gael. pill, peall, a skin or hide, prob. fr. L. pellis. See {Pell}, n., {Fell} skin.] A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride. His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plain \Plain\, v. i. [OE. playne, pleyne, fr. F. plaindre. See {Plaint}.] To lament; to bewail; to complain. [Archaic & Poetic] --Milton. We with piteous heart unto you pleyne. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plain \Plain\, v. t. To lament; to mourn over; as, to plain a loss. [Archaic & Poetic] --Sir J. Harrington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plain \Plain\, a. [Compar. {Plainer}; superl. {Plainest}.] [F., level, flat, fr. L. planus, perhaps akin to E. floor. Cf. {Llano}, {Piano}, {Plan}, {Plane} level, a level surface.] 1. Without elevations or depressions; flat; level; smooth; even. See {Plane}. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain. --Isa. xl. 4. 2. Open; clear; unencumbered; equal; fair. Our troops beat an army in plain fight. --Felton. 3. Not intricate or difficult; evident; manifest; obvious; clear; unmistakable. [bd]'T is a plain case.[b8] --Shak. 4. (a) Void of extraneous beauty or ornament; without conspicious embellishment; not rich; simple. (b) Not highly cultivated; unsophisticated; free from show or pretension; simple; natural; homely; common. [bd]Plain yet pious Christians.[b8] --Hammond. [bd]The plain people.[b8] --A. Lincoln. (c) Free from affectation or disguise; candid; sincere; artless; honest; frank. [bd]An honest mind, and plain.[b8] --Shak. (d) Not luxurious; not highly seasoned; simple; as, plain food. (e) Without beauty; not handsome; homely; as, a plain woman. (f) Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin. (g) 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}. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) 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}. (a) 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. (b) 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plain \Plain\, adv. In a plain manner; plainly. [bd]To speak short and pleyn.[b8] --Chaucer. [bd]To tell you plain.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plain \Plain\, n. [Cf. OF. plaigne, F. plaine. See {Plain}, a.] 1. 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. 2. A field of battle. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot. Lead forth my soldiers to the plain. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plain \Plain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plaining}.] [Cf. {Plane}, v.] 1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface. [R.] We would rake Europe rather, plain the East. --Wither. 2. To make plain or manifest; to explain. What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plan \Plan\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Planning}.] 1. To form a delineation of; to draught; to represent, as by a diagram. 2. To scheme; to devise; to contrive; to form in design; as, to plan the conquest of a country. Even in penance, planning sins anew. --Goldsmith.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plan \Plan\, n. [F., fr. L. planus flat, level. See {Plain}, a.] 1. 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. 2. 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. God's plans like lines pure and white unfold. --M. R. Smith. 3. A method; a way of procedure; a custom. The simple plan, That they should take who have the power, And they should keep who can. --Wordsworth. {Body plan}, {Floor plan}, etc. See under {Body}, {Floor}, etc. Syn: Scheme; draught; delineation; plot; sketch; project; design; contrivance; device. See {Scheme}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plane \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 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}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plane \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 in that surface; or a surface, any section of which by a like surface is a straight line; a surface without curvature. 2. (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. 3. (Mech.) A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate. 4. (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}. (a) The plane on which the projection is made, corresponding to the perspective plane in perspective; -- called also principal plane. (b) (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] {reflection} (Opt.), the plane in which lie both the incident ray and the refracted or reflected ray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plane \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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plane \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; 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. 2. To efface or remove. He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. --Chaucer. 3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.] What student came but that you planed her path. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plani- \Plan"i-\, Plano- \Plan"o-\ [L. planus. See {Plane}, a.] Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plani- \Plan"i-\, Plano- \Plan"o-\ [L. planus. See {Plane}, a.] Combining forms signifying flat, level, plane; as planifolious, planimetry, plano-concave.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plano- \Pla"no-\ See {Plani-}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plein \Plein\, a. Plan. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plein \Plein\, v. i. & t. To complain. See {Plain}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plein \Plein\, a. [OF. & F., fr. L. plenus.] Full; complete. [Obs.] [bd]Plein remission.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Plein"ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plene \Plene\, [91]. [L. plenus full.] Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plim \Plim\, v. i. [Cf. {Plump}.] To swell, as grain or wood with water. [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plum \Plum\, n. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or choice thing of its kind, as among appointments, positions, parts of a book, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[umac]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. [?], [?]. Cf. {Prune} a dried plum.] 1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus domestica}, and of several other species of {Prunus}; also, the tree itself, usually called {plum tree}. The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties of plum, of our gardens, although growing into thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G. Bentham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pluma \[d8]Plu"ma\, n.; pl. {Plum[91]}. [L.] (Zo[94]l.) A feather.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plume \Plume\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plumed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pluming}.] [Cf. F. plumer to pluck, to strip, L. plumare to cover with feathers.] 1. To pick and adjust the plumes or feathers of; to dress or prink. Pluming her wings among the breezy bowers. --W. Irving. 2. To strip of feathers; to pluck; to strip; to pillage; also, to peel. [Obs.] --Bacon. Dryden. 3. To adorn with feathers or plumes. [bd]Farewell the plumed troop.[b8] --Shak. 4. To pride; to vaunt; to boast; -- used reflexively; as, he plumes himself on his skill. --South. {Plumed adder} (Zo[94]l.), an African viper ({Vipera, [or] Clotho cornuta}), having a plumelike structure over each eye. It is venomous, and is related to the African puff adder. Called also {horned viper} and {hornsman}. {Plumed partridge} (Zo[94]l.), the California mountain quail ({Oreortyx pictus}). See {Mountain quail}, under {Mountain}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plume \Plume\, n. [F., fr. L. pluma. Cf. {Fly}, v.] 1. A feather; esp., a soft, downy feather, or a long, conspicuous, or handsome feather. Wings . . . of many a colored plume. --Milton. 2. (Zo[94]l.) An ornamental tuft of feathers. 3. A feather, or group of feathers, worn as an ornament; a waving ornament of hair, or other material resembling feathers. His high plume, that nodded o'er his head. --Dryden. 4. A token of honor or prowess; that on which one prides himself; a prize or reward. [bd]Ambitious to win from me some plume.[b8] --Milton. 5. (Bot.) A large and flexible panicle of inflorescence resembling a feather, such as is seen in certain large ornamental grasses. {Plume bird} (Zo[94]l.), any bird that yields ornamental plumes, especially the species of Epimarchus from New Guinea, and some of the herons and egrets, as the white heron of Florida ({Ardea candidissima}). {Plume grass}. (Bot) (a) A kind of grass ({Erianthus saccharoides}) with the spikelets arranged in great silky plumes, growing in swamps in the Southern United States. (b) The still finer {E. Ravenn[91]} from the Mediterranean region. The name is sometimes extended to the whole genus. {Plume moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family {Pterophorid[91]}. Most of them have the wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes. Some species are injurious to the grapevine. {Plume nutmeg} (Bot.), an aromatic Australian tree ({Atherosperma moschata}), whose numerous carpels are tipped with long plumose persistent styles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plummy \Plum"my\, a. [From {Plum}.] Of the nature of a plum; desirable; profitable; advantageous. [Colloq.] [bd]For the sake of getting something plummy.[b8] --G. Eliot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plumy \Plum"y\, a. Covered or adorned with plumes, or as with plumes; feathery. [bd]His plumy crest.[b8] --Addison. [bd]The plumy trees.[b8] --J. S. Blackie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polemy \Pol"e*my\, n. [See {Polemic}.] Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollan \Pol"lan\, n. [Cf. Gael. pollag a kind of fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A lake whitefish ({Coregonus pollan}), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pollen \Pol"len\, n. [L. pollen fine flour, fine dust; cf. Gr. [?]] 1. Fine bran or flour. [Obs.] --Bailey. 2. (Bot.) The fecundating dustlike cells of the anthers of flowers. See {Flower}, and Illust. of {Filament}. {Pollen grain} (Bot.), a particle or call of pollen. {Pollen mass}, a pollinium. --Gray. {Pollen sac}, a compartment of an anther containing pollen, -- usually there are four in each anther. {Pollen tube}, a slender tube which issues from the pollen grain on its contact with the stigma, which it penetrates, thus conveying, it is supposed, the fecundating matter of the grain to the ovule.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Pollinium \[d8]Pollin"ium\, n.; pl. {Pollinia}. [{NL}. See {Pollen}.] (Bot.) A coherent mass of pollen, as in the milkweed and most orchids.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polony \Po*lo"ny\, n. [Prob. corrupt. fr. Bologna.] A kind of sausage made of meat partly cooked.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polyhymnia \Pol`yhym"nia\, n. [L., from Gr. [?]; poly`s many + [?] hymn.] (Anc. Myth.) The Muse of lyric poetry.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polymnia \Polym"nia\, n. See {Polyhymnia}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polynia \Polyn"ia\, n. [Russ. poluineia a warm place in water, i. e., a place which does not freeze.] The open sea supposed to surround the north pole. --Kane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poulaine \Pou*laine"\, n. [F. soulier [85] la poulaine.] A long pointed shoe. See {Cracowes}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pullen \Pul"len\, n. [Cf. L. pullinus belonging to young animals. See {Pullet}.] Poultry. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pylon \Py"lon\, n. 1. A tower, commonly of steelwork, for supporting either end of a wire, as for a telegraph line, over a long span. 2. (A[89]ronautics) (a) Formerly, a starting derrick (the use of which is now abandoned) for an a[89]roplane. (b) A post, tower, or the like, as on an a[89]rodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLAN Programming LANguage Nineteen hundred. The {assembly language} for {ICL 1900} series computers. (1995-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
.plan See {plan file}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLAN Programming LANguage Nineteen hundred. The {assembly language} for {ICL 1900} series computers. (1995-03-21)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
.plan See {plan file}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Plan 9 (Named after the classically bad, exceptionally low-budget SF film "Plan 9 from Outer Space") An {operating system} developed at {Bell Labs} by many researchers previously intimately involved with {Unix}. Plan 9 is superficially Unix-like but features far finer control over the {name-space} (on a per-process basis) and is inherently distributed and scalable. Plan 9 is divided according to service functions. CPU servers concentrate computing power into large multiprocessors; file servers provide repositories for storage and terminals give each user of the system a dedicated computer with bitmap screen and mouse on which to run a window system. The sharing of computing and file storage services provides a sense of community for a group of programmers, amortises costs and centralises and hence simplifies management and administration. The pieces communicate by a single protocol, built above a reliable data transport layer offered by an appropriate network, that defines each service as a rooted tree of files. Even for services not usually considered as files, the unified design permits some simplification. Each process has a local file name space that contains attachments to all services the process is using and thereby to the files in those services. One of the most important jobs of a terminal is to support its user's customised view of the entire system as represented by the services visible in the name space. {Documentation (ftp://plan9.att.com/dist/plan9doc/)} (an FTP server running Plan 9).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PL/M Programming Language/Microcomputers. MAA (later Digital Research) for Intel, 1972. A very low level language incorporating ideas from PL/I, ALGOL and XPL. Integrated macro processor. Originally the implementation language for CP/M. "PL/M-80 Programming Manual", Doc 98-268B, Intel 1976. "A Guide to PL/M Programming for Microcomputer Applications", D. McCracken, A-W 1978. Versions: PL/M-80, PL/M-86, PL/M-286.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PLUM A {compiler} for a substantial subset of {PL/I} for the {Univac 1100}, from the {University of Maryland}. ["PL/I Programming with PLUM", M.V. Zelkowitz, Paladin House, 1978]. (1995-02-23)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Plain (1.) 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. (2.) 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." (3.) 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." (4.) 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. (5.) 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. (6.) 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. (7.) 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}.)