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A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale.
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- PLACODERMATA
See PLACODERMI - PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - PLACENTARY
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. - PLACE-KICK
To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. - PLACID
Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. "That placid aspect and meek regard." Milton. "Sleeping . . . the placid sleep of infancy." Macaulay. - PLACIT
A decree or determination; a dictum. "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn. - PLACOPHORA
A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura. - TIMBERMAN
A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Weale. - TIMBER
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, (more info) Sw. timber, LG. timmer, MHG. zimber, G. zimmer, F. timbre, LL. - PLACER
One who places or sets. Spenser. - PLACIDNESS
The quality or state of being placid. - PLACE
Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe - PLACOIDIAN
One of the placoids. - EMPLOYER
One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen. - PLACABLENESS
The quality of being placable. - PLACITORY
Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. Clayton. - PLACENTA
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi - PLACKET
1. A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. Beau. & Fl. 2. The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole. 3. A woman's pocket. - PLACOGANOIDEI
A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton. - PLACEMAN
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott. - UNEMPLOYMENT
Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent. - UNPLACABLE
Implacable. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing. - COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like - UNEMPLOYED
1. Nor employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work. 2. Not invested or used; as, unemployed capital. - APLACENTAL
Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. - PREEMPLOY
To employ beforehand. "Preƫmployed by him." Shak. - CLEAN-TIMBERED
Well-propotioned; symmetrical. Shak.