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Having visible flowers containing distinct stamens and pistils; -- said of plants.

Having a conspicious tongue; -- said of certain reptiles and insects.

One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.

To pledge or pawn. [Obs.]

A pine forest; a grove of pines.

A cloth band for a gown. [Obs.] With kerchief starched, and pinners clean. Gay.

A pioneer. [Obs.] Shak.

block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. Hansard. Planer centers. See under Center.

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

One who plans; a projector.

An angle in the south transept of Westminster Abbey, London; -- so called because it contains the tombs of Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden, Ben Jonson, Gray, Tennyson, Browning, and other English poets, and memorials to many buried elsewhere.

One who poisons. Shak.

Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity.

Lascivious; licentious. [R.] F. Harrison.

One who portions.

A possessor; a property holder. [Obs.] "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney.

icer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

One who postpones.

A sly or artful person. Whitgift. General practitioner. See under General, 2.

One who holds a prior to purchase certain public land. Abbott.