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In a placid manner.

The quality or state of being placid.

A decree or determination; a dictum. [Obs.] "The placits and opinions of other philosophers." Evelyn.

Of or pertaining to pleas or pleading, in courts of law. [Obs.] Clayton.

A public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon affairs of state. Brande & C.

A small copper coin formerly current in Scotland, worth less than a cent. With not a plack in the pocket of the poet. Prof. Wilson.

ng or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole.

One of the Placodermi.

Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.

Same as Placodermi.

An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.

Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.

A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.

elike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.

A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei.

One of the placoids.

usca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura.

Downy; bearing down.

A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and without tops, caps, or crosstrees.

A Polander. Shak.