placer (or casth) (2)

[Sp.] Mining: A deposit of valuable mineral, found in particles in alluvium or diluvium, or beds of streams, . Gold, tin ore, chromic iron, iron ore, and precious stones are found in placers. By the United States Revised Statutes all deposits not cla ed as veins of rock in place are considered placers. "Copper mining became as prolific as the famous placer diggings in California."- Field , Jan. 9, 1886. plā-çět, s. [Lat. it pleases; 3d pers. sing. pr. indic. of placeo =to please.] 1. The a ent of the civil power to the promal gation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. 2. A vote of the governing body in a university. 3. A vote of a ent in a Latin council. plăç'-Id, a. [Fr. placide , from Lat. placid us , from placeo to please; Sp. & Ital. placido .] 1. Gentle, quiet, calm, undisturbed, peaceful. "There lay Argyle on the bed, sleeping placid sleep of infancy."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. v. 2. Serene, mild, soft, unruffled. IMG:content-1157.png:[blocks in formation] calm. *2. A woman; cf. petticoat in the same sense. "Was that brave heart made to pant for a placket ?" Beaum. & Flet.: Humorous Lieutenant , iv. 3. 3. The opening or slit in a petticoat or skirt. 4. A woman's pocket. by L. Aga iz. They are characterized by placoid scales (q. v.), and contained the Rays, Sharks, Cyclos tom i, and the fo il Hybodontes. pla-coid-i-an, s. [PLACOID.] A fish belonging to the order Placoidei (q. v.). Zool .: Window-shell; a genus of Ostreide, closely akin to Anomia (q.v.). Shell suborbicular, com- pre ed, translucent. Known species four, from Scinde, China, and Northern Australia. The clear white shells of Placuna placenta are used in China for window gla , and largely exported to India to be burned for lime to chew with betel. They furnish small pearls. The species is found in brackish water. P. sella is called, from its form, the Saddle- *plāģe (2), s. [Fr. plage , from Latin plaga =a region.) A district, a region, a country. "He brings a world of people to the field, From Scythia to the oriental plage oblique. J Oblique; the meaning completed by the pla-gi-, pla-gi-o-, pref . [Gr. plagios =slanting, second element. plā-gi-a-căn-thi-dæ, s. pl . [Pref. plagi- ; Gr. a kantha =a spine, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. - idœ .] Zool .: A family of Rhizopod a, order Pro to der- mat a (q.v.). The skeleton is of solid silicious spi- cules and rays, with a nucleus, but with no con- tractile vesicle. pla-gi-ar-lşm, s. [Fr. plagiarisme , from pla- giaire =plagiary (q. v.).] 1. The act of plagiarizing or appropriating the writings or ideas of another and pa ing them off as one's own; the stealing the writings of another and publishing them as one's own composition. "Sir J. Reynolds has been accused of plagiarism for having borrowed attitudes from ancient masters."- Wal- pole : Anecdotes of Painting , vol. iv. (Adv. Note.) 2. That which is plagiarized; a plagiary. "Moreri's grand 'Dictionnaire Hist or i que,' and its prejudiced plagiarism." -Cooper: Egypt and the Penta- teuch , p. 9. plā-gi-ar-Ist, s. [Eng. plagiar (y); -ist.] One who plagiarizes; one who appropriates the writings or ideas of another and pa es them off as his own. "A dexterous plagiarist may do anything."-Sheridan: Critic , i. 1. *1. A man-stealer, a kidnapper. ( Bp . Patrick .) *2. One who steals or appropriates the writings or ideas of another and pa es them off as his own; a literary thief, a plagiarist. "A common place, and many friends, Can serve the plagiary's ends.' IMG:content-1158.png:[blocks in formation] species, from the middle Purbeck beds, closely allied to Hypsiprymnus (q. v.). It was most prob- ably phytophagous, though Owen believes it was car- nivorous. The chief feature IMG:content-1159.png:[blocks in formation] plagiodontia