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A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.

The act of impaneling a jury. [Obs.] [Written also panellation.] Wood.

Without panes. To patch his paneless window. Shenstone.

A forming in panels; panelwork. [Written also panelling.]

Wainscoting.

A list of jurors; a panel. [Obs.] Cowell.

To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice. Blackstone.

The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.

A long patch, on a balloon, to be ripped off, by the rip cord, at landing, in order to allow the immediate escape of gas and instant deflation of the bag.

A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.

A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.

That portion of a group of moldings which projects beyond the general surface of a panel; a bolection.

A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board.

A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt.

A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. Pneumatic caisson (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the interior through an air lock. See Lock.…

en the ballot is offered. [U. S.] Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole panel. -- Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. -- Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or more of t…

An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

de. Knight. To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping.