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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors [syn: pane, pane of glass, window glass]
2: a panel or section of panels in a wall or door [syn: paneling, panelling, pane]
3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English pan, pane strip of cloth, pane, from Anglo-French pan, panne, from Latin pannus cloth, rag — more at vane Date: 14th century a piece, section, or side of something: as a. a framed sheet of glass in a window or door b. one of the sections into which a sheet of postage stamps is cut for distribution • paned adjective • paneless adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a single sheet of glass in a window or door. 2 a rectangular division of a chequered pattern etc. Etymology: ME f. OF pan f. L pannus piece of cloth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pane Pane, n. [F. panne.] The narrow edge of a hammer head. See Peen.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pane Pane, n. [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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Peen Peen, n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.] (a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation. (b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also pane, pein, and piend.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(panes) A pane of glass is a flat sheet of glass in a window or door. N-COUNT: oft N of n

Moby Thesaurus

bay, bay window, bow window, casement, casement window, coat, coating, collop, covering, cut, deal, diaphane, disk, display case, fan window, fanlight, feuille, film, flap, foil, fold, glass, glassware, grille, lamella, lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lancet window, lantern, lap, lattice, leaf, light, louver window, membrane, oriel, panel, patina, peel, pellicle, picture window, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood, port, porthole, quarrel, rasher, rose window, safety glass, scum, sheet, shopwindow, showcase, skin, skylight, slab, slat, slice, stemware, table, tablet, transom, transparent substance, veneer, vitrics, vitrine, wafer, watch crystal, watch glass, wicket, window, window bay, window glass, windowlight, windowpane