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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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