planter

[Eng. plant, v.;-er.] IMG:content-1181.png:[blocks in formation] *2. One who introduces, di eminates, or establishes; an introducer, a di eminator. "Had these writings differed from the sermons of the first planters of Christianity in history or doctrine, they would have been rejected by those churches which they had formed." - Add is on . 3. A piece of timber, or the naked trunk of a tree, one end of which is firmly planted in the bed of a river, while the other rises near the surface of the water, a dangerous obstruction to ve els navigating the rivers of the Western United States. ( Bart lett.) 4. A person engaged in the fishing trade. ( New found land .) plant-er-dom, subst . [English planter ; -dom.] Planters collectively. ( W. H. Ru ell .) plant-er-ship, s . [Eng. planter; ship.] The occupation, busine , or position of a planter; the management of a plantation, as in the United States, West Indies, . plăn-ti-cle, s. [A dim in. from plant (q. v.).] A little or young plant; a plant in embryo. tplăn-ti-gra-da, s . pl . [Latin planta =the sole of the foot, and gradus a step.] Zool.: A section of the Carnivora, embracing those which apply the whole or nearly the whole of the sole of the foot to the ground in progre ive motion. Example, the Bears, the Badgers. ( Owen .) †plăn-ti-grāde, a. & 8. [PLANT I GRAD A.] A. As adj.: Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining or belonging to the Plant i grad a. Foot of Bear. IMG:content-1182.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1183.png:[blocks in formation] II. Arch .: The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.