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A hydro-aëroplane having two supporting planes.

A plane, or any of a number of planes, projecting from the hull of a submarine boat, which by being elevated or depressed cause the boat, when going ahead, to sink or rise, after the manner of an aëroplane.

A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass. Ice-skater = one who skates on ice wearing a…

To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth. Minds well implanted with solid . . . breeding. Milton.

The act or process of implantating.

Between planets; as, interplanetary spaces. Boyle.

Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks.

A native or inhabitant of Lapland; -- called also Lapp.

Of or pertaining to Lapland.

An erroneous explanation.

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

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

One unprovided with motive power.

A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb.

An aëroplane with four superposed main supporting surfaces.

The iterative sound of beating a drum, or of a galloping horse.

To implant again.

To plant again.

That may be planted again.

The act of planting again; a replanting. [R.] Hallywell.