| Plant (plant) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Plant |
| [AS. plante, L.
planta.] |
A vegetable; an organized
living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and
having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting
sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules,
or even a single cellule.
A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a
stick or staff.
The sole of the foot.
The whole machinery and
apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business;
also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents
investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not
including material worked upon or finished products; as, the
plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad.
A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a
trick.
An
oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural
growth.
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| Plant (plant) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Plant |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Planted] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Planting.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See
Plant, n.] |
To put in
the ground and cover, as seed for growth] as, to plant
maize.
To set in the ground for growth, as a young
tree, or a vegetable with roots.
To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to
plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest.
To engender; to generate; to set the germ
of.
To furnish with a fixed and organized
population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a
colony.
To introduce and establish the principles
or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the
heathen.
To set firmly; to fix; to set and direct,
or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a
standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to
plant one's fist in another's face.
To set up; to install; to
instate.
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To perform the act of
planting.
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