n. [ L. paene, pene, almost + E. plain. ] (Phys. Geog.) A land surface reduced by erosion to the general condition of a plain, but not wholly devoid of hills; a base-level plain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ See Tern, a., and Plate. ] Thin iron sheets coated with an alloy of lead and tin; -- so called because made up of three metals. [ 1913 Webster ]