An Italian colt

559.-Fate, får, fåll, fåt‚—me, mêt;-pine, pin ; tion in both can scarcely be doubted, if we con-|| PIASTER, pl-âs túr. s. 132. sult analogy, 509; and that it is most in use, about five shillings sterling in value.' may appear from the additional suffrages of PIAZZA, pè-âz'zâ. s. 132. Dr. Ash, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott, Mr. Perry, W. supported by pillars. Johnston, Entick, Bailey, and Fenning. PHRENITIS, frè-nitis. s. 503. Madness; inflammation of the brain.

PHRENSY, fren'zè. s. Madness, frantickness. PHTHISICAL, tiz'zè-kål. a. 413. Wasting. PHTHISICK, tiz'zik. s. 413. A consumption. PHTH SIS, thi'sis. s. 514. A consumption. PHYLACTERY, fè-läk'têr-è. s. A bandage on which was inscribed some memorable sentence. PHYSICAL, fiz'zè-kål. a. Relating to nature or to natural philosophy, not moral; pertaining to the science of healing; medicinal, helpful to health; resembling physick. PHYSICALLY, fîz'zé-kål-lé. ad. According to nature, by natural operation, not morally. PHYSICIAN, fè-zishi'an. s. One who professes the art of healing.

A walk under a roof

PICA, pľká. s. Among printers, a particular size of their types or letters.

PICAROON, pík-kä-rðôn'. s. A robber, a plun derer,

To PICK, pik. v. a. To cull, to choose; to take up, to gather; to separate from any thing useless or noxious, by gleaning out either part; to clean by gathering off gradually any thing adhering; to pierce, to strike with a sharp instrument; to strike with bill or beak, to peck; to rob; to open a lock by a pointed instrument To pick a hole in one's coat, a proverbial ex pression for finding fault with another. To PICK, pîk. v. n. To eat slowly and by small morsels; to do any thing nicely and leisurely. PICK, pik. s. A sharp-pointed iron tool. PICKÁPACK, pik'à-pak. ad. In manner of a pack upon the back. A vulgar phrase. PICKAXE, pîk'aks. s. An axe not made to cut but pierce, an axe with a sharp point. PICKBACK, pik’båk. a. On the back. PHYSICOTHEOLOGY, fìz-zé-kd-thè-ûl'lò-je. s. PICKED, pikked. a. 366. Sharp, smart. Divinity enforced or illustrated by natural phi-To PICKEER, pik-kèèr'. v. a. To pirate, to pillosophy.

PHYSICK, fîzʼzik. s. The science of healing; medicines, remedies: in common phrase, a purge.| To PHYSICK, fis'sik. v. a. To purge, to treat with physick, to cure.

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lage, to rob; to make a flying skirmish. PICKER, pik'kår. s. 98. One who picks or culls : S. a pickaxe, an instrument to pick with. PICKEREL, pîk'kûr-il. s. 99. A small pike. PICKEREL-WEED, pik'kůr-il-wééd. s.

PHYSIOGNOMER, fizh-¿-ôg'nò-mår, or fiz->
é-og'no-mår.
PHYSIOGNOMIST, fîzh-ċ-ôg'nd-mist. 518.
One who judges of the temper cy future fortune

by the features of the face.

A wa

ter plant from which pikes are fabled to be generated.

PICKLE, pik'kl. s. 405. Any kind of salt liquor, in which flesh or other substance is preserved ; thing kept in pickle; condition, state.

To PICKLE, pik'kl. v. a. To preserve in pickle; to season or imbue highly with any thing bad, as, a pickled rogue. A low phrase.

For the propriety of pronouncing the s in these words like zh, we need only appeal to analogy. S before a diphthong beginning with , and having the accent before it, either primary or secondary, always goes into zh, as may be seen, Principles, No. 451. The secondary accent on the first syllable of these words gives a feebleness to the second, which occa-PICKLEHERRING, pik-kl-herring. s. A jack sions the aspiration of s as inuch as in evasion, adhesion, &c. where the s is preceded by the primary accent. It must, however, be acknowledged, that this is far from being the most general pronunciation.-See ECCLESIASTICK. PHYSIOGNOMY, fizh-è-ôg'nò-mè. s. The art of discovering the temper and foreknowing the fortune by the features of the face; the face,

the cast of the look.

pudding, a merry-andrew, a buffoon. PICKLOCK, pil'loks. An instrument by which locks are opened; the person who picks locks PICKPOCKET, pik’pök-it. ¿ s. A thief who steals PICKPURSE, pik pårse.

by patting his hand privately into the pocket or

purse.

PICKTOOTH, pik tööth. s. An instrument by

which the teeth are cleaned.

PICKTHANK, vik'thầnk. s. An officious fellow,

who does what he is not desired.

There is a prevailing mispronunciation of this word, by leaving out the g, as if the word were French. If this arises from ignorance of PICT, pikt. s. A painted person. the common rules of spelling, it may be observ-||PICTORIAL, pik-to'ré-ål. a. ed, that is alwas pronounced before a when painter.

Produced by a

it is not in the same syllable; as, sig-nify, indig-||PICTURE, pik'tshure. s. 461. A resemblance of

nity, &c.; but if affectation be the cause of this errour, Dr. Young's Love of Fame will be the best cure for it.-See PATHOGNOMONICA.

persons or things in colours; the science of painting; the works of painters; any resemblance or representation.

HYSIOLOGICAL, fîzh-è-d-lôd'jé-kål. a. Re-To PICTURE, pik'tshure. v. a. To paint, to rep

lating to the doctrine of the natural constitation of things.

PHYSIOLOGIST, fîzh-4-61'18-jist. s. A writer of
natural philosophy.

PHYSIOLOGY, f'izh-è-ôl'lò-jè. s. 513. The doc-
trine of the constitution of the works of nature.
PHYTIVOROUS, fi-tiv'vò-rás. a. 518. That eats
grass or any vegetable.
PHYTOGRAPHY, fi-tôg'grâ-fè. s. 518. A de-
scription of plants.
PHYTOLOGY, fi-tôľ′ld-jè. s. 518. The doctrine
of plants, botanical discourse.
PIAČULAR, pl-åk'kd-lår. 116.
PIACULOUS, pl-åk ́kú-lås.

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a. Expiato

ry, having the power to atone ; such as requires expiation; criminal, atrociously bad. RIA-MATER, pl-å-má'tår. s. 93. A thiu and delicate membrane, which lies under the dura inater, and covers immediately the substance of the brain.

DIANET, pl'â-net. s. A bird, the lesser woodpecker; the magpie

resent by painting; to represent. PICTURESQUE, pik-tshù-rêsk'. a. happily as in a picture.

Expressed

To PIDDLE, pid'äl. v. n. 405. To pick at table, to feed squeamishly and without appetite; to trifle, to attend to sinall parts rather than to the main.

PIDDLER, pid'dl-år. s. 98. One that eats squeam ishly and without appetite.

PIE, pl. s. Any crusi baked with something in

it; a magpie, a party-coloured bird; the old popish service book, so called from the rubrick. PIEBALD, pi'båld. a. Of various colours, di

--nò, mỏve, når, nôt ;- tàbe, tâb, båll ;-ôîl‚—pôånd,-thin, THIS.

dition of a piece; to join, to unite. out; to increase by addition.

To piece

To PIECE, pèèse. v. n. To join, to coalesce, to be compacted.

PIECER, pèès år. s. 98. One that pieces.

ECELESS, pèès'lês. a. Whole, compact, made of separate pieces.

PIECEMEAL, pèès'mèle. ad. In pieces, in frag

wall, and only showing a fourth or fifth part of its thickness.

PILCHER, piltslår. s 98. A furred gown or case, any thing lined with fur; obsolete; a fishi like a herring.

not||PILE, pile. s. A strong piece of wood driven into the ground to make firm a foundation; a heap, an accumulation; any thing heaped to gether to be burned; an edifice, a building; a hair; hairy surface, nap; one side of a coin, the reverse of cross: in the plural, Piles, the hæmorrhoids.

PIECEMEAL, pèès'mèle. a. Single, separate, divided.

PIED, pide. a. 233. Variegated, party-coloured.
PIEDNESS, plde'nês. s. Variegation, diversity
of colour.

PIELED, pil'd. a. Bald. Obsolete.
PIEPOWDER Court, pl'pôå-dår. s.

To PILE, pile. v. a. To heap, to lay one thing on another; to fill with something heaped. PILEATED, píl'è-à-têd. a. 507. În the form of

a cover or hat.

This word is derived from the French pié, a||PILER, pile år. s. 98. He who accumulates or foot, and poudré, dusty; q. d. Dusty-foot Court. *heaps up:

To PILFER, pil'für. v. a. 98. To practice petty

theft.

PILFERER, pil'får-år. s. One who steals petty things.

-"A Court held in fairs, particularly at Bar-To PILFER, pil'für. v. a. To steal, to gain by tholomew Fair in West Smithfield, London, to petty robbery. do justice to buyers and sellers, and to redress disorders committed in them."-Such was the old derivation of this word; but the late Daines Barrington, and Blackstone after him, derive it with much more probability from Pied Pul-PILFERINGLY, pil'far-ing-lè. ad. With petty dreaux, a peddler.Mason's Supplement to John- larceny, filchingly. son's Dictionary. PILFERY, pîl'får-e. s. Petty theft. PIER, pèèr. s. 275. The columns on which the||PILGRIM, pil grim. s. A traveller, a wanderer, arch of a bridge is raised. particularly one who travels or a religious ac

count.

To PIERCE, pèèrse, or pêrse. v. n. To penetrate, to enter, to force; to touch the passions, To PILGRIM, pil'grim. v. n. To wander, to to affect.

What has been observed of the word Fierce || is perfectly applicable to this word and its compounds.

ramble. PILGRIMAGE, pil'grim-ådje. s. 90. A long journey, travel, more usually a journey on account of devotion.

mass.

PILL, pil. s. Medicine made into a small ball or
To rob, to plunder.
For Peel, to strip off the

To PILL, pîl. v. a.
To PILL, pil. v. a.

To PIERCE, pèèrse, or perse. v. a. To make
way by force to strike, to move, to affect; to
enter, totdrive to affect severely.
PIERCIR, peer sår, or pers'ûr. s. An instru-
inent that bores or penetrates; the part with
which insects perforate bodies; one who per-||To
forates.

PIERCINGLY, peer sing-lè, or pers'ing-lè. ad.
410. Sharply.

PIERCINGNESS, pèèr'sing-nês, or përs'ing-nês. s. 275. Power of piercing.

PIETY; pľè-tè. s. Discharge of duty to God ; duty to parents or those in superiour relation.

PIG, pig. s. A young sow or boar; an oblong
mass of lead or unforged iron.

To PIG, pig. v. n. To farrow, to bring pigs.
PIGEON, pid'jin. s. 259. A fowl well known.
PIGEONFOOT, pid'jin-füt. s. An herb.
PIGEONLIVERED, pîd'jîn-liv-år’d.

soft, gentle, timid.

Mild,

bark.

This word, says Dr. Johnson, should be written peel. To strip off the bark or rind of any thing is universally so pronounced; bui? when it is written pill, it is impossible to pro nounce it peel, as Mr. Sheridan has done, with out making the eye contradict the ear too pal pably. I am of opinion that the pronuncia tion ought to conform to the orthography.—See BOWL.

PILLAGE, pil'lidje. s. 90. Plunder, something got by plundering or pilling; the act of plund ering.

To PILLAGE, pillidje. v. a. To plunder, to spoil PILLAGER, pil'lidje-år. s. 98. A plunderer; a spoiler.

PIGHT, pite. Old. pret. and part. pass. of Pitch. || PILLAR, pil lår. s. 88. A coluinn; a supporter, Pitched, placed, fixed, determined. Obsolete. a maintainer.

PIGMENT, pig'ment. s. Paint, colour to be||PILLARED, pillar'd s. 359. Supported by laid on any body.

columns; having the form of a column. PILLION, pil'yon. s. 113. A soft saddle set be hind a horseman for a woman to sit on ; a pad, a low saddle.

PILLORY, pil'lùr-è. s. 557. A frame erected on a pillar, and made with holes and folding boards, through which the heads and hands of criminals are put.

PIKÉ, pike. s. A large fish of prey; a long||To PILLORY, pîl'lår-è. v. a.

lance used by the foot soldiers to keep off the

horse, to which bayonets have succeeded; a|PILLOW, pil'lò. s. 327. A bag of down or

[J 559. Fate, far, fali, fất ;-mè, mét ;pine, pin

to pierce in small holes.

PILOTAGE, plåt-tidje. s. 90. Pilot's skill, || To PINK, pingk. v. a. To work in eyelet holes,
knowledge of coasts; a pilot's hire.
PIMENTA, pè-mên'tâ. s. A kind of spice called
Jamaica pepper, allspice.

PIMP, pimp. s. One who provides gratifications
for the lust of others, a procurer, a pander.
To PIMP, pimp. v. n. To provide gratifications
for the lust of others, to pander.
PIMPERNEL, pim-pér'nél. s. A plant.
PIMPING, pimp'ing. a. 410. Little.
PIMPLE, pim'pl. s. 405. A small red pustule.
PIMPLED, pim'pl'd. a. 359. Having red pus-
tules, full of pimples.

PIN, pin. s. A short wire with a sharp point and
round head, used by women to fasten their
clothes; any thing inconsiderable or of little
value; any thing driven to hold parts to
gether, a peg, a bolt; any slender thing fixed
in another body; that which locks the wheel|
to the axle; the pegs by which musicians
stretch or relax their strings; a cylindrical
roller made of wood.

To PIN, pin. v. a. To fasten with pins; to fasten, to make fast; to join, to fix; to shut up, to enclose, to confine.

PINCASE, pin'kåse. s. A case to keep pins in. PINCERS, pin'sûrz. s. An instrument by which nails are drawn, or any thing is griped which || requires to be held hard.

This word is frequently mispronounced' pinchers.

To PINCH, pinsh. v. a. To squeeze between the fingers or with the teeth; to hold hard with an instrument; to squeeze the flesh till it is pained or livid; to press between hard bodies; to gall, to fret; to gripe, to straiten; to distress, to pain; to press, to drive to difficulties. To PINCH, pinsh. v. n. 352. To act with force so as to be felt, to beat hard upon, to be puzzling; to spare, to be frugal.

To PINK, pingk. v. n. To wink with the eyes.
PINMAKER, pin'måk-år. s. He who makes pius
PINMONEY, pin'můn-nè. s. A certain annuity
settled on a wife to defray her own charges.-
Mason.

PINNACE, pin'ås. s. 91. A boat belonging to
a ship of war. It seems formerly to have signi-
fied rather a small sloop or bark attending a
larger ship.

PINNACLE, pin'nå-kl. s. 405. A turret or elevation above the rest of the building, a high spiring point.

PINNER, pîn når. s. 98. The lappet of a head
which flies loose.

PINT, pint. s. 105. Half a quart: in medicine,
twelve ounces; a liquid measure.
PIONEER, pl-ò-nèèr'. s. One whose business 18
to level the road, throw up works, or sink mines
in military operations.

PIONY plan-ê. s. 116. A large flower.
PIOUS, pl'ús.

a. 314.
314. Careful of the duties
owed by created beings to God; careful of the
duties of near relation.

PIOUSLY, pi'âs-lè. ad. In a pious manner, religiously.

PIP, plp. s. A defluxion with which fowls are troubled; a horny pellicle that grows on the tio of their tongues; a spot on the cards.

To PP, píp. v. n. To chirp or cry as a bird. Little

used.

PIPE, plpe. s Any long hollow body, a tube
a tube of clay through which the fume of tobac-
co is drawn into the mouth; an instrument of
hand musick; the organs of voice and respira-
tion, as, the wind-pipe; the key the voice ;
an office of the exchequer; a liquid measure
containing two hogsheads.

To PIPE, pipe. v. n. To play on the pipe; to
have a shrill sound.

PINCH, pinsh. s. A painful squeeze with the
fingers; a small quantity of snuff contained be-
tween the finger and thumb; oppression, dis-PIPETREE, pipe'trèè. s.
tress inflicted; difficulty; time of distress.
PINCHFIST, pinsh'fist.

PINCHPENNY, pinshpen-nè. }

s. A miser. PINCUSHION, pin'kůsh-ún. s. A small bag|| stuffed with bran or wool on which pins are stuck.-See CUSHION.

PINDUST, pin'dåst. s. Small particles of meta!
made by cutting pins.
PINE, pine. s. A tree.
To PINE, plne. v. n.
away with any kind
with desire.

To languish, to wear of misery; to languish

To PINE, pine. v. a. To wear out, to make to languish; to grieve for, to bemoan in silence. PINEAPPLE, pine'åp-pl. s. A plant.

PIPER, pl'pår. s. 98. One who plays on the pipe.
The lilach tree
PIPING, plpe'ing. a. 410. Weak, feeble, sickly
ho, boiling.

PIPKIN, pip'kin. s. A small earthen boiler.
PIPPIN pip'pin. s. A sharp apple.
PIQUANT, pik'kânt. a. 415. Pricking, stimu
lating sharp, pungent, severe.
PIQUANCY, pik'kan-se. s. Sharpness, tartness
PIQUANTLY,ˆ pik'känt-lè. ad. Sharply, tartly
PIQUE, péèk. s. 415. An ill will, an offence
taken, petty malevolence; point, nicety, punc-
tilio.

To PIQUE, pèèk. v. a. 112. To touch with en-
vy or virulency, to put into fret; to offend, to
irritate; to value, to fix reputation as on a
point.

PIQUEERER, pîk-kèèr'ûr. s. A robber, a plun

derer.

PINEAL, pîn'nè-ål. a. 507. Resembling a pine-To PIQUEER, pik-kèèr'. v. a.-See FICREER. apple An epithet given by Des Cartes to the gland which he imagined the seat of the soul. PINFEATHERED, pin'faтH-år'd. a. 359. Not fledged, having the feathers yet only beginning to shoot.

PIQUET, pè-kêt'. s. 415. A game at cards.
PIRACY, pl'râ-sẻ. s.-See PRIVACY. The act
or practice of robbing on the sea.
PIRATE, pl'rât. s. 91. A sea-robber; any rob-
ber, particularly a bookseller who seizes the
copies of other men.

To PIRATE, pl'råt. v. n. To rob by sea.
To PIRATE, pl'rât. v. a. To take by robbery
PIRATICAL, pl-ráť'tè-kâl. a. 132. Predatory,
robbing, consisting in robbery.
PISCATION, pis-ka shûn. s. The act or prac-
tice of fishing.

PISCATORY, pis'kâ-tår-rẻ. 512. Relating to

fishes.

- nỏ, m3ve, nor not, tube, tỉa, To PISH, plsh. v. n. To express contempt. PISMIRE, piz'mire. s. 434. An ant; an eminet. To PISS, pls. v. n. To make water. PISS, pls. 8. Urine, animal water. PISSABED, pis'å-béd. s. A yellow flower ing in the grass.

PITCH, pitsh. s. The resin of the pine extracted
by fire and inspissated; any degree of eleva-To PITY, pit'tè. v. n.
tion or height; state with respect to lowness or PIVOT, piv'våt.
height; degree, rate.

To PITCH, pitsh. v. a. To fix, to plant; to or-PIX, piks. s. A little chest or box in which the der regularly; to throw headlong; to cast forward. To smear with pitch; to darken. To PITCH, pitsh. v. n. To light, to drop; to fall headlong to fix choice; to fix a tent or temporary habit ion.

PLACABLE, plá'kå-bl. à. 405. Willing or possible to be appeased.

Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, W. Johnston, and
Buchanan, make the radical a in this word and
its derivatives long, as I have done; but Dr
Kenrick and Mr. Perry make it short. Mr
Scott marks it both ways, but seems to give the
short sound the preference by placing it first.
This, from the shortening power of the antepe-
nultimate accent, it must be confessed, is the
most analogical, 535; but this word and its
companion, capable, seem immoveably fixed in
the long sound of the antepenultimate, though
the o in the same situation in docible and indoci-
ble evidently inclines to the short sound.-See
INCAPABLE and INDOCIL.
PLACABILITY, plà-kå-bil'è-tè.

PLACABLENESS, più'kå-bl-nês. s. Willing-
ness to be appeased, possibility to be appeased.
PLACARD, plak-ård'.
PLACART, plåk-art'.
An edict, a de.

Bailey places the accent on the first syllable of placard, and Fenning on the first of both these words; all our other orthoepists place the accent as I have done.

PLACE, plåse. s. Particular portion of space;
locality, local relation; local existence; space
in general; a seat, residence, mansion; pas
sage in writing; state of being, validity; rank,
order of priority; office, publick character or
employment; room, way; ground, room.
To PLACE, plåse. v. a. To put in any place,
rank, or condition; to fix, to settle; to establish.
PLACER, pla'sår. s. 98. One that places.
PLACID, plas'sid. a. Gentle, quiet; soft, mild.
PLACIDLY, plas'sid-le. ad. Mildly, gently.
PLACIT, plàs'it. s. Decree, determination.
PLACKET, or PLAQUET, pläk'kit. s. 99. A
petticoat.
PLAGIARISM, plà'jâ rizm.

forcible, energetick. PITIABLE, pit tè-a-bl. a. 405. Deserving pity. The diphthong ia, in this word, does not draw Theft, literary adoption of the thoughts or works of another the preceding to tsh as in piteous, and the rea-PLAGIARY, pià'jà-rẻ.” s. A theft in literature,

559.-Fåte, får, fåll, fåt;-mẻ, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

PLANET, plân'ît. s. 99. One of the celestial bodies in our system, which move round and receive light from the sun.

ers pronounce this word with the first vowell PLANE-TREE, plane'trèe. s. The name of a short, as if written plad-jary: But Mr. Sheridan, fine tall tree. Mr. Scott, Mr. Perry, Mr Buchanan, Dr. Kenriek, W. Johnston, and Entick, mark it with the a long, as if written playjary: and to know which is the true pronunciation, we need only recur to analogy, which tells us, that every Towel, except i, having the accent, and being followed by a diphthong, is long.-See Principles, No. 505, 507.

PLANETARY, plân'nè-târ-rẻ. a. Pertaining to
the planets; produced by the planets.
PLANETICAL, plan-nét tè-kál. a. Pertaining
to planets.
PLANETSTRUCK, plânît-strůk, a.
PLANISPHERE, plân'nè-sfère. s.
projected on a plane.

Blasted.

A sphere

PLAGUE, plåg. s. 337. Pestilence, a disease eminently contagious and destructive; state of misery; any thing troublesome or vexatious. PLANK, plângk. s. 408. A thick strong board To PLAGUE, plåg. v. a. To trouble, to teaze,To PLANK, plângk. v. a. To PLANK, plângk. v. a. To cover or lay with planks.

to vex, to harass, to torment, to afflict.

horridly.

PLAGUỶ, plà'gè. a. 345. Vexatious,

Level

PLAGUÍLY, pla'gé-lè. ad. 560. Vexatiously, PLANOCONICAL, plà-no-kôn'nè-kâl. a. on one side, and conical ou the other. trouble-PLANOCONVEX, plà-no-kôn vêks. a. Fiat on the one side, and convex on the other. PLANT, plânt. s. Any thing produced from seed, any vegetable production a sapling.

some.

PLAICE, plåse. s. 202. A flat fish.

PLAID, plåd. s. 204. A striped or variegated cloth, an outer loose garment worn much by the Highlanders in Scotland.

PLAIN, plane. a. 202, Smooth, level, flat: void of ornament, simple; artless; honestly rough, open, sincere, mere, bare; evident, clear. PLAIN, plane. ad. Not obscurely; distinctly, articulately; simply, with rough sincerity. PLAIN, plane. s. Level ground, open, flat; a

field of battle.

To PLAIN, plåne. v. a. To level, to make even.
To PLAIN, plane. v. n. To lament, to wail.
Not used.

PLAINDEALING, plane-deling. - a. Acting
without art.

as,

There is a coarse pronunciation of this word, chiefly among the vulgar, which rhymes it with aunt. This pronunciation seems a remnant of that broad sound which was probably given to the a before two consonants in all words, but which has been gradually wearing away, and which is now, except in a few words, become a mark of vulgarity. See Principles, No. 79. To PLANT, plant. v. a. To put into the ground in order to grow, to set, to generate; to place, to fix ; to settle, to establish, as, to Plant a co lony; to fill or adorn with something planted, he Planted the garden or the country; to direct properly, as, to Plant a cannon. Ma-PLANTAGE, plân'tidje. s. 90. An herb. PLANTAIN, plân'tin. s. 208. An herb; a tree in the West-Indies which bears an esculent fruit PLANTAL, plán'tal. a. 88. Pertaining to plants The act of PLANTATION, phần táshản. s practice of planting; the place planted; a co lony; introduction, establishment. This word seems in PLANTED, plânt'êd. a. Shakspeare to signify settled; well grounded. PLANTER, plânt år. s. 98. One who sows, sets, or cultivates; one who cultivates grounds in the West-Indian colonies. PLASH, plash. . A small lake of water or pud 5. dle; oranch partly.cut off and bound to other branches.

PLAINDEALING, plåne-dé'ling. s. 410.
nagement void of art.
PLAINLY, plane'lè. ad. Levelly, flatly; with-
out ornament; without gloss, sincerely; in ear-
nest, fairly; evidently, clearly.

PLAINNESS, plane'nës. s. Levelness, flatness;
want of ornament, want of show; openness,
rough sincerity; artlessness, simplicity.
PLAINT, plant. s. Lamentation, complaint, la-
ment, expression of sorrow.
PLAINTFUL, plant fùl. a. Complaining, audi
bly sorrowful.

PLAINTIFF, plane'tif. s. He that commences
a suit in law against another, opposed to the
defendant.

To PLASH, plâsh. v. a. To interweave branches
PLASHY, plash'è a. Watery, filled with puddles
PLASM, plázm. s. A mould, a matrix in which
any thing is cast or formed.

This word was universally, till of late years, pronounced with the first syllable like plan, as appears by its being adopted by Mr. Scott, Mr. Elphinstone, Mr. Perry, W. Johnston, and Dr. Kenrick; but a laudable desire of reforming PLASTER, plâs'tår. s. 98. Substance made of the language has restored the diphthong to its water and some absorbent matter, such as chalk true sound, and the first syllable of this word or lime well pulverised, with hich walls are like plane, is now the current pronunciation of overlaid; a glutinous or adhesive salve. a. To overlay as all our courts of justice. Mr. Sheridan and En-To PLASTER, plâs'tår. v. tick agree in this pronunciation. with plaster; to cover with a medicated plaster, PLAINTIFF, plane'tif. a. Complaining. A|| PLASTERER, plås'tår-år. s. One whose trade word not in use, being now written plaintive. is to overlay walls with plaster; one who forins PLAINTIVE, plåne'tiv. a. Complaining, la- figures in plaster. menting, expressive of sorrow. PLAINWORK, plane'wark s. Needlework as distinguished from embroidery. PLAIT, plate. s. 202. A fold, a double. To PLAIT, plåte. v. a. To fold, to double; to weave, to braid.

There is a corrupt pronunciation of this word, as if written plete, which must be carefully avoide 1.

PLAITER, plate'år. s. 98. One that plaits.
PLAN, plan. s. A scheme, a form, a model; a
plot of any building, or ichnography.
To PLAN, plau. v. a. To scheme, to form in
design.

PLANE, plane. s. A level surface; an instru
ment by which the surface of boards is

smoothed.

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To PLANE, plåne. v. a. To level, to smooth from inequalities; to smooth with a plane.

PLASTICK, plås'tík. a. Having the power to give form.

FLASTRON, plås'trân. s. 99. A piece of leather stuffed, which fencers use when they teach their scholars, in order to receive the pushes mage at them.

To PLAT, plât. v. a. To weave, to make by

texture

PLAT, plât. s.-See PLOT. A small piece of
ground.

PLATANE. plât'tân. s. The plane-tree.
PLATE, plate. s. A piece of metal beat out into
breadth; wrought silver; a small shallow ves-
sel of metal or porcelain on which meat is eat
en; the prize run for by horses.

To PLATE, plåte. v a. To cover with plates;
to arm with plates; to beat into laminæ or
plates.

PLATEN, plât'ên. s. 103. In printing, that flat