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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Piz'zle, n. p. 993The part, in certain male quadrupeds, which is official to generation and the discharge of urine. Browne.Pla'ca-bĭl'ĭ-tȳ, n. p. 993The quality of being placable, or appeasable.Plā'ca-ble, a. p. 993Capable of being appeased or pacified; appeasable; willing to forgive. Methought I saw him placable and mild. Milton.Plā'ca-ble-ness, n. p. 993The quality of being placable; placability.Pla-cārd', n. p. 993A written or printed paper posted in a public place. ☞ It seems to have been formerly the name of an edict, proclamation, or manifesto, issued by authority. It is now an advertisement, or a libel, or…Pla-cārd’, v. t. p. 993To post, as a writing or libel, in a public place; — sometimes used in a good sense. 2. To notify publicly.Pla'cāte, v. t. p. 993To appease or pacify; to conciliate.Plāçe, n. p. 993A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court-yard. “Hangman’s boys in the market-place.” Shak. At Eltham Place I told your majesty. Shak. 2. Hence, any portion of space regarded as measured…Plāce, v. t. p. 993To assign a place to; to put in a particular part of space, or in a given or assumed relative position; to fix; to settle. Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown. Shak. 2. To put in a particular…Pla·cē'bō, n. p. 993(Rom. Cath. Church.) The vesper hymn for the dead, beginning “Placebo Domino.” 2. (Med.) A prescription intended rather to please or satisfy, than to benefit the patient. Forsyth.Plāçe'-brick, n. p. 993An inferior kind of brick, which, from being on the outside of a kiln, is not perfectly burned;—so called by builders. Simmonds.Plāce'ful, a. p. 993In the appointed place. [Obs.]Plāce'less, a. p. 993Having no place.Plāce'man, n. p. 993One who holds or occupies a place; one who has an office under a government. His dislike to the whig and the placeman continued to maintain the coldness between them. W. Scott.Pla-cĕn'tă, n. p. 993(Anat.) The soft, spongy disk which connects the mother with the fetus in the womb. It is composed mainly of vascular tufts on the blood-vessels of the umbilical cord, which are surrounded by the…Pla-cen'tal, n. p. 993(Zoöl.) A mammal having a placenta, as all mammals except the marsupials and monotremes. R. Owen.Pla-cĕn′tal, a. p. 993Pertaining to the placenta; having a placenta; as, a placental mammal. Carpenter.Pla-cĕn′ta-ry, a. p. 993Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. Dana.Plā'ce'n-tā'tion, n. p. 993(Bot.) The disposition of seeds in the ovary or germen.Plăç'en-tīf'er-oŭs, a. p. 993(Bot.) Bearing or producing a placenta.Pla-cĕn'ti-fōrm, a. p. 993(Bot.) Having the shape of a placenta or circular thickened disk, depressed on both sides about the middle. Henslow.Plāce'-proud, a. p. 993Proud of rank or position. Beau. & Fl.Pla'cer, n. p. 993One who places or sets. Spenser.Pla·cêr', n. p. 993A gravelly place where gold is found, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent.Plăcĭd, a. p. 993Pleased; contented; unruffled; serene; tranquil; quiet. “That placid aspect and meek regard.” Milton.Pla·cid'i-oŭs, a. p. 993Placid. [Obs.]Pla-cid'i-ty, n. p. 993The quality of being placid; placidness.Plăc'id-ly, adv. p. 993In a placid manner; calmly; quietly.Plăc'id-ness, n. p. 993The state of being placid; calmness; quietness.Plaç'it, n. p. 993A decree or determination. “A diligent collector of the placits and opinions of other philosophers.” Evelyn.Plāç'ī-tā, n. pl. p. 993Public courts or assemblies held in the middle ages, in which the sovereign presided, when a consultation was held upon the affairs of state. Brande. 2. (O. Eng. Law.) Pleas; pleadings; judicial…Plaç'i-to-ry, a. p. 993Relating to pleas or pleading in courts of law. Clayton.Plăck, n. p. 993A small copper coin formerly used in Scotland, worth less than a cent. His poetry had been composed in the fields, with not a plack in the pocket of the poet. Prof. Wilson.Plăck'et, n. p. 993A petticoat. [Obs.] 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on. 3. A woman's pocket. Halliwell.Plăck'et-hōle, n. p. 993The same as PLACKET, Nos. 2 and 3.Plăcē-o-dĕrm, n. p. 993(Palæon.) One of the bony plated fishes of the Devonian, as the Pterichthys coccocteus, and others.Plā'coid or Pla-coid'i-an, a. p. 993Pertaining to the placoids.Pla-coid'i-an, n. p. 993(Palæon.) One of an order of fishes, having the skin covered with irregularly enameled plates or points, as the shark, ray, and the like. Agassiz.Pla-fōnd', n. p. 993The ceiling of a room, whether flat or arched; any soffit.Plā'gal, a. p. 993(Mus.) Having the principal tones lying between the fifth of the key and its octave or twelfth;—said of certain melodies or tunes, and opposed to authentic. Plagal cadence, a cadence in which the…Plā'ğēṣ, n. pl. p. 993Places; regions; countries. [Obs.] Chaucer.Plā'gi-a-rĭsm, n. p. 993The act or practice of plagiarizing. Swift.Plā'gi-a-rīst, n. p. 993One who plagiarizes, or purloins the writings of another, and puts them off as his own; a plagiary.Plā'gi-a-rīze, v. t. p. 993To steal or purloin from the writings of another.Plā'gi-a-rīze, v. i. p. 993To be guilty of literary theft; to purloin from the writings of another.Plā'gi-a-ry, n. p. 993A thief in literature; one who purloins another's writings, and offers them to the public as his own. 2. The crime of literary theft. [Obs.] Such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by…Plā'gi-a-ry, a. p. 993Stealing men; kidnapping. [Obs. and rare.] Browne. 2. Practicing literary theft. Hall.Plā'gi-hē'dral, a. p. 993(Crystal.) Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals. Dana.Plā'gi-on-īte, n. p. 993(Min.) A sulphuret of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster. Dana.Plā'gi-o-stōme, n. p. 993(Ichth.) One of a group of cartilaginous fishes, including the shark, ray, and the like.Plā'gi-ōs'to-moŭs, a. p. 993Relating to the plagiostomes.Plāgue, n. p. 993That which smites or wounds; any afflictive evil or calamity; a great trial or vexation. “A plague upon this howling.” Shaks. They count that as an enjoyment, which, upon experience, they find a…Plāgue, v. t. p. 993To vex; to tease; to harass; to trouble; to embarrass. If her nature be so, Then she will plague the man that loves her most. Spenser. 2. To infest with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any…Plāgue'fŏl, a. p. 994Abounding with plagues; infected with plagues.Plāgue'less, a. p. 994Free from plagues or the plague.Plāgue'-märk, n. p. 994A plague-spot.Plāg'uer, n. p. 994One who plagues; one who vexes or annoys.Plāgue'-spŏt, n. p. 994A mark or token of pestilential disease; a token of something incurable.Plāgu'i-ly, adv. p. 994In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely; horribly. [Colloq. and low.] “Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately.” Landor.Plāgu'y, a. p. 994Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting. [Colloq. and low.] “He is so plaguy proud.” Shak.