Plutonian
(Plu*to"ni*an) n. (Geol.) A Plutonist.
Plutonic
(Plu*ton"ic) a. [Cf. F. plutonique. See Pluto.]
1. Of or pertaining to Pluto; Plutonian; hence, pertaining to the interior of the earth; subterranean.
2. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the system of the Plutonists; igneous; as, the Plutonic theory.
Plutonic action (Geol.),
the influence of volcanic heat and other subterranean forces under pressure.
— Plutonic rocks (Geol.), granite, porphyry, and some other igneous rocks, supposed to have consolidated
from a melted state at a great depth from the surface. Cf. Intrusive rocks, under Intrusive. — Plutonic
theory. (Geol.) See Plutonism.
Plutonism
(Plu"to*nism) n. [Cf. F. plutonisme.] The theory, early advanced in geology, that the successive
rocks of the earth'b6s crust were formed by igneous fusion; — opposed to the Neptunian theory.
Plutonist
(Plu"to*nist) n. [Cf. F. plutoniste.] One who adopts the geological theory of igneous fusion; a
Plutonian. See Plutonism.
Plutus
(Plu"tus) n. [L., fr. Gr. .] (Class. Myth.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth.
He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without
discrimination of merit.
Pluvial
(Plu"vi*al), a. [L. pluvialis, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvial. See Plover.]
1. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy. [R.]
2. (Geol.) Produced by the action of rain.
Pluvial
(Plu"vi*al), n. [LL. pluviale a garment which keeps off the rain: cf. F. pluvial.] A priest's cope.
Pluviameter
(Plu`vi*am"e*ter) n. See Pluviometer.
Pluviametrical
(Plu`vi*a*met"ric*al) a. See Pluviometrical.
Pluvian
(Plu"vi*an) n. (Zoöl.) The crocodile bird.
Pluviometer
(Plu`vi*om"e*ter) n. [L. pluvia rain + -meter: cf. F. pluviomètre.] An instrument for ascertaining
the amount of rainfall at any place in a given time; a rain gauge.
Pluviometrical
(Plu`vi*o*met"ric*al) a. [Cf. F. pluviométrique.] Of or pertaining to a pluviometer; determined
by a pluviometer.
Pluviôse
(||Plu`vi`ôse") n. [F. See Pluvious.] The fifth month of the French republican calendar adopted
in 1793. It began January 20, and ended February 18. See Vendémiaire.
Pluvious
(Plu"vi*ous) a. [L. pluviosus, pluvius, fr. pluvia rain: cf. F. pluvieux. See Pluvial, a.] Abounding
in rain; rainy; pluvial. Sir T. Browne.
Ply
(Ply) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plied ; p. pr. & vb. n. Plying ] [OE. plien, F. plier to fold, to bend, fr. L.
plicare; akin to Gr. G. flechten. Cf. Apply, Complex, Display, Duplicity, Employ, Exploit, Implicate,
Plait, Pliant, Flax.]
1. To bend. [Obs.]
As men may warm wax with handes plie.
Chaucer.