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1. (n.) planchette
a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved by the fingertips across a surface, supposedly writes clairvoyant messages or subconscious thoughts.
Etymology: (1855–60; < F; see planchet , -ette)
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1. (noun) planchette
a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages
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1. (noun) planchette
a circumferentor. See Circumferentor
2. (noun) planchette
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 translated as of oracular or supernatural import
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