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Definition of Pliants

Pliant
Pliant Pli"ant, a. [F. pliant, p. pr. of plier to bend. See Ply, v.] 1. Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. --South. 2. Favorable to pliancy. [R.] ``A pliant hour.' --Shak. -- Pli"ant*ly, adv. -- Pli"ant*ness, n.

Meaning of Pliants from wikipedia

- Look up flexibility in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Flexibility may refer to: Flexibility, the ability of a material to deform elastically and return...
- according to The Federalist No. 43, designed to establish a balance between pliancy and rigidity:[better source needed] It guards equally against that extreme...
- were also made to "retrain" the eight-year-old Louis XVII, to make him pliant to revolutionary ideas. To carry this out, Louis Charles was separated from...
- Discouraged borderline (Including avoidant, depressive, and dependant features) Pliant, submissive, loyal, humble; feels vulnerable and in constant jeopardy; feels...
- revived form is provided by the large sets of richly carved and gilded pliants (folding stools) forming part of long sets with matching tabourets delivered...
- Lactuca viminea, the pliant lettuce, is a Eurasian plant species in the tribe Cichorieae within the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of...
- hill derives from Latin viminalis (“pertaining to osiers”), from vimen (“a pliant twig, osier”). Ancient Rome portal Seven hills of Rome Aventine Hill (Aventino)...
- that the recent rerelease of Orlando had her thinking again about its pliancy. She referred to 1920s playful, androgynous French artist Claude Cahun:...
- original shape. Cartilage is one material that a pliant skeleton may be composed of, but most pliant skeletons are formed from a mixture of proteins,...
- Crowther of The New York Times wrote that Delon's work was "touchingly pliant and expressive". Delon made his stage debut in 1961 in the John Ford play...