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Of or pertaining to Melanesia.

Of or pertaining to Milan in Italy, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl.

A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. Bacon.

A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds.

; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. "A miscellaneous rabble." Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n.

Having several or many planes or plane surfaces; as, a multiplane kite.

Not lying in one plane; -- said of certain curves.

Methyl oxamate, obtained as a pearly white crystalline substance.

One unprovided with motive power.

Without elevations or depressions; even; level; flat; lying in, or constituting, a plane; as, a plane surface.

See under Plane, a.

Same as 1st Plane.

Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.

One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.

A small-leaved North American tree (Planera aquatica) related to the elm, but having a wingless, nutlike fruit.

A star, as influencing the fate of a men. There's some ill planet reigns. Shak. Planet gear. (Mach.) See Epicyclic train, under Epicyclic. -- Planet wheel, a gear wheel which revolves around the wheel with which it meshes, in an epicyclic train.

Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. Milton. Like planet-stricken men of yore He trembles, smitten to the core By strong compunction and remorse. Wordsworth.

An orrery. See Orrery.

Of or pertaining to the planets; as, planetary inhabitants; planetary motions; planetary year.

Belonging to planets. [R.] Young.