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A manstealer; a kidnaper. [Obs.]

g, below. -- Plain chart (Naut.), a chart laid down on Mercator's projection. -- Plain dealer. (a) One who practices plain dealing. (b) A simpleton. [Obs.] Shak. -- Plain dealing. See under Dealing. -- Plain molding (Join.), molding of which the surfaces are plain figures. -- Plain sewing, sewing of seams by simpl…

One who, or that which, planishes. Weale.

A kind of coarse bagging, -- used for coal sacks. Weale.

A case of strong paper filled with a composition of niter, sulphur, and mealed powder, -- used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells.

by the government for transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a sealed letter. The message is written on one side of the card, and the direction on the other. -- Postal money order. See Money order, under Money. -- Postal note, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money (in the United Sta…

A sham dealer; one who colludes with a defendant in a sham prosecution.

of the Emperor Charles V. and the Diet of Spires, in 1529, against the Reformers, and appealed to a general council; -- now used in a popular sense to designate any Christian who does not belong to the Roman Catholic or the Greek Church.

One who punts; specifically, one who plays against the banker or dealer, as in baccara and faro. Hoyle.

va, as in many Diptera. -- Masked pupa, a pupa whose limbs are bound down and partly concealed by a chitinous covering, as in Lepidoptera.

An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb. Weale.

The box in which the compass is suspended; the binnacle. Weale.

ence, with radiance crowned. Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! Neale.

A low fellow; a churl. Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]

nifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural religion; revealed religion; the religion of the Jews; the religion of idol worshipers. An orderly life so far as others are able to observe us is now and then produced by prudential motives or by dint of habit; but without seriousness there c…

To suppress; to repel. [Obs.] Whence Adam soon repealed The doubts that in his heart arose. Milton.

Capable of being repealed. -- Re*peal"a*ble*ness, n.

Act of disclosing or uncovering something concealed. [Obs.] Boyle.

To make known (that which has been concealed or kept secret); to unveil; to disclose; to show. Light was the wound, the prince's care unknown, She might not, would not, yet reveal her own. Waller.

Capable of being revealed. -- Re*veal"a*ble*ness, n.