Associations to the word «Planchette»

Wiktionary

PLANCHETTE, noun. A small plank.
PLANCHETTE, noun. (spiritualism) A type of Ouija board. (A small tablet of wood supported on casters and having a pencil attached. The characters produced by the pencil on paper, while the hand rests on the instrument and it is allowed to move, are sometimes interpreted as of oracular or supernatural import.)
PLANCHETTE, noun. A plane-table.
PLANCHETTE, noun. (chiefly Canada) Circular, colored dots pressed into paper money, used to distinguish authentic currency from counterfeit currency.

Dictionary definition

PLANCHETTE, noun. A triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages.

Wise words

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