piwarrie

[S. Amer. Ind.] A sharp, disagreeable, intoxicating beverage prepared by the natives of South America from ca ava. *pla-că tion, s. [Lat. placatio , from placatus , pa.par. f placo =to appease.] The act of appeasing, pacifying, or conciliating; propitiation. "They were the first that instituted sacrifices of placa tion." Putten ham: Eng . Poesie , bk. i., ch. 3. Putten ham ranked the word among those quite recently introduced into the language, and commended it. plāçe, s . [Fr., from Lat. plate a =a broad way in a city, a courtyard, from Gr. plateia =a broad way, a street; orig. fem. sing. of platys flat, wide; cf. Lith. plat us =broad; Sansc. prithus large, great; Ger. platz ; Sw. plats ; Dut.plaats ; Dan. plads ; Sp. plaza ; Port. praça ; Ital. piazza .] [PIAZZA.] pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, I. Ordinary Language: 1. A broad way or street in a city; a courtyard. It is frequently applied, with a distinctive name prefixed, to a street or terrace of houses; as, Walton Place . 2. A particular portion of space, considered as separate and distinct from the rest of space; a particular locality, spot, or site; position. ( Milton : P. L. , i. 253.) 3. Locality, local relation. " Place is the relation of distance betwixt any thing, and any two or more points considered as keeping the same distance one with another; and so as at rest."- Locke . *4. Space in general. "All bodies are confined within some place; But she all place within herself confines.' Davies: Immort. of the Soul. *5. Local existence. ( Revelation xx. 11.) 6. In more specialized meanings. 10. To take place: 3137 (1) To take the precedence or priority. (2) To come to pa , to occur, to happen; as, The meeting will not take place . *(3) To take effect; to prevail; to be established. "If your doctrine takes place ."- Berkeley : Alciphron , dial. ii., § 16. 11. To take the place of : To be substituted for; to act or serve as a substitute for.