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107. plan i pennate (plā-ni-pen'at), a . [ plan us , flat, + penna , wing, + -atel (see pennate ).] Hav- ing flat wings not folded in repose and approx- 21. A slab (of stone). imately equal to each other, as a neuropterous insect; specifically, belonging to the Planipen- nia . Plan i pennia (plā-ni-pen'i-ä), n . pl . [NL., plan us , flat, + penna , wing.] A suborder of neuropterous insects, with nearly equal naked many-veined wings not folded in repose, well developed jaws, and elongate many-jointed antennæ. The larvæ are mostly terrestrial, and voracious insect-feeders; the pupe are incomplete and inactive; the perfect insects are generally herbivorous. The suborder includes such forms as the ant-lions ( Myrmeleontida ), scorpion-flies ( Panorpidæ ), and sundry other families, which the genera Ascalaphus , He me rob i us , Coniopteryx , Mantispa , Rhaphidia , and Sialis respectively represent. under ant - lion and Panorpa . IMG:content-0337.png:[blocks in formation] Over his [Sir T. Browne's] Grave was soon after erected. a Monument of Freestone, with a Plank of Marble Wood, Athene Oxon., II. 524. thereon. 3. In a printing-pre , the frame on which the carriage slides.-4. In ribbon - weaving , the batten of the Dutch engine-loom or swivel-loom. 5. Figuratively, one of the articles or paragraphs formulating distinct principles which form the program or platform of a political or other party (the word platform being taken in a double sense). IMG:content-0338.png:[blocks in formation] plank (plangk), v . t . [=OFries. plonken =] planken = MLG. planken = G. planken = Sw. plank a = Dan. planke , plank; from the noun. Cf. planch , v.] 1. To cover or lay with planks: as, to plank a floor. The streets of their cities and townes instead of pauing are planked with fir trees, plained & layd euen close the one to the other. Hakluyt's Voyages , I. 480. 2. To lay or place as on a plank or table: as, he planked down the money. [Colloq.]-3. In hat- manuf ., to harden by felting. See planking , 4.-4. To unite, as slivers of wool, to form roving.-5. To split, as fish, and cook upon a board. See the quotation. [U. S.] 5. In a steam-cylinder, the lagging or clothing. - Anchor-stock planking, in ship - building , planks with one edge straight and the other so cut that the planks taper from the middle in both directions. The middle of one is placed over or under the ends of two others. n . In planking-clamp (plang'king - klamp), ship - building , a tool used to bend a strake against the ribs of a ve el, and hold it in position until it can be nailed or bolted. Also called plank ing - screw . planking-machine (plang'king-ma-shēn"), n . A machine for rubbing, pre ing, and steaming formed hat-bodies, to give them strength and thickne . planking-screw (plang'king-skrö), n . Same as planking - clamp . plank-sheer (plangk's her), n. Naut ., the gunwale; a timber carried round the ship which covers and secures the timber-heads. Also called covering -board. planky (plang'ki), a . [ plank + -y1.] Constructed of planks or boards. [Rare.] He came before the plankie gates, that all for strength were wrought. Chapman , Iliad, xii. planle (plan'les), a . [ plan + -le .] Having no plan. Cole ridge . planner (plan'ėr), n . One who plans or forms a plan; a projector. planoblast (plānō-blast), n . [ βλαστός , germ.] A wandering bud; the free medusoid of gymnoblastic hydrozoans; the gonophore of such hydroids, detached from the colony, leading an independent locomotory life, and discharging its mature sexual products into the sea: distinguished from the hedrioblast , sedentary bud. With single known exception (that of Dicoryne ), planoblasts are craspedote or velum-bearing med usæ, bell-shaped, with the walls of the bell or umbrella mainly of gelatinous consistence; from the bell hangs a tubular body, the manubrium; the opening of the bell-cavity is the cod onos tom a, partially closed by a membranous velum; and a variable number of filaments, the tentacles, hang from the margin of the umbrella. To the gonophores belonging to this group [ Gymnoblas teal the name of planoblasts (wandering buds) may be given. G. J. Allman , Challenger Reports, Hydroid a, XXIII. ii. 26. planoblastic (plā-nō-blas'tik), a . Of the nature of or pertaining to planoblasts; medusoid. plano-concave (plānō-kon'kav), a. [L. pla mus , plane, + concavus , concave: see concave .] Plane on one side and concave on the other. plano-conical (plānō-kon'i-kal), a . [L. pla nus , plane, + conic us , conic: see conic , conical . ] Plane on one side and conical on the other. plano-convex (plānō-konʼveks), a . [ pla nus , plane, + convex us , convex: see convex .] Plane on one side and convex on the other. planodia (plā-nōʻdi-a), n . [ ὁδός , a way, road.] A false pa age, such as may be made in using a catheter. planogamete (plan'ō-ga-mēt), n. [ πλάνη , a wandering, + γαμέτης, γαμεῖν , marry.] In bot . , a motile gamete: same as zoögamete . See gamete . planographist (pla-nog'ra-fist), n. [L. plan us , plane, + Gr. γράφειν , write, + -ist .] A surveyor; a plan or map-maker. [Rare.]