pliantness

[English pliant; -ne .] The quality or state of being pliant; pliancy, pliability, flexibility. "Greatne of weight, closene of parts, fixation, pliantne , or softne ."- Bacon : Nat . Hist . pli-ca ( pl. pli-ce), s. [Lat.=a fold.] 1. Anatomy : A fold of a membrane; as, the plica semilunar is of the eyelid. 2. Botany : (1) Sing .: Undue development of small twigs so as to constitute large branches, like excrescences on some birches, hornbeams, . (2) Pl .: The lamellæ of certain fungals. 3. Zoology : A genus of Iguanide from tropical America, having the sides with two folds. IMG:content-1220.png:[blocks in formation] Entomology : A family of Moths, group Tort ricin a. The anterior wings are rather broad, with a fold in the males on the costa toward the base. Larva sluggish, feeding between united leaves, or in the stems and seeds of plants. ( Stainton .) pli-cate, pli-cat-ěd, adj . [Latin plicatus , pa. par. of plico =to fold.] [PLY, v.] Bot : PPlaited; folded like a fan. Used specially of venation, as that of the beech, the birch, . pli-cate-ly, adv . [English plicate ; -ly.] In a plicate or folded manner. tpli-ca-tile, a. [Lat. plica til is , from plicatus , pa. par. of plico to fold, to plait.] Capable of being folded or interwoven. parts of a watch. Also specially adapted for bending and shaping wire. plies, s. pl. [PLY, 8.] *pli-form, a . [Eng. ply , and form .] In the form of a ply or doubling.