PANES

Noun

panes

plural of pane

Anagrams

• Aspen, NAPEs, Snape, Spean, aspen, napes, neaps, peans, snape, sneap, spane, spean

Proper noun

Panes

A surname.

Anagrams

• Aspen, NAPEs, Snape, Spean, aspen, napes, neaps, peans, snape, sneap, spane, spean

Source: Wiktionary


PANE

Pane, n. Etym: [F. panne.]

Definition: The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

Pane, n. Etym: [OE. pan part, portion of a thing, F. pan a skirt, lappet, part or piece of a wall, side, fr. L. pannus a cloth, fillet, rag; akin to E. vane. See Vane, and cf. Panel, Pawn pledge.]

1. A division; a distinct piece, limited part, or compartment of any surface; a patch; hence, a square of a checkered or plaided pattern.

2. One of the openings in a slashed garment, showing the bright colored silk, or the like, within; hence, the piece of colored or other stuff so shown.

3. (Arch.) (a) A compartment of a surface, or a flat space; hence, one side or face of a building; as, an octagonal tower is said to have eight panes. (b) Especially, in modern use, the glass in one compartment of a window sash.

4. In irrigating, a subdivision of an irrigated surface between a feeder and an outlet drain.

5. (a) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides. (b) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

18 April 2024

MOTIVE

(adjective) impelling to action; “it may well be that ethical language has primarily a motivative function”- Arthur Pap; “motive pleas”; “motivating arguments”


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