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Panel   /pˈænəl/   Listen
noun
Panel  n.  
1.
(Arch.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
2.
(Law)
(a)
A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, The whole group of persons summoned on a particular day, from whom a jury is to be selected; also, the jury selected from that group.
(b)
(Scots Law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
3.
Hence: Any group of persons selected to judge a contest, conduct a discussion, serve as advisers, or participate in any group activity in which they will provide information or make judgments.
4.
Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
5.
(Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a door.
6.
(Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
7.
(Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
8.
(Mining)
(a)
A heap of dressed ore.
(b)
One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
9.
(Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
10.
A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
11.
(Aeronautics) A segment of an aeroplane wing. In a biplane the outer panel extends from the wing tip to the next row of posts, and is trussed by oblique stay wires.
Panel game, a method of stealing money in a panel house.
Panel house, a house of prostitution in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft from customers by accomplices of the inmates.
Panel saw, handsaw with fine teeth, used for cutting out panels, etc.
Panel thief, one who robs in a panel house.


verb
Panel  v. t.  (past & past part. paneled or panelled; pres. part. paneling or panelling)  To form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
Paneled back (Arch.), the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.





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"Panel" Quotes from Famous Books



... panels; the smaller hoist-side panel has two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and orange; the other panel is a large dark red rectangle with a yellow lion holding a sword and there is a yellow bo leaf in each corner; the yellow field appears as a border that goes around the entire flag and ...
— The 1991 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... of twenty now,—he said. He made various youthful proposals to me, including a duet under the landlady's daughter's window. He had just learned a trick, he said, of one of "the boys," of getting a splendid bass out of a door-panel by rubbing it with the palm of his hand. Offered to sing "The sky is bright," accompanying himself on the front-door, if I would go down and help in the chorus. Said there never was such a set of fellows as the old boys of the set he has ...
— The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes
... came to the statehouse, from which, across the street, an arch was thrown, in the front of which was this inscription, 'To the man who unites all hearts;' and on the other, 'To Columbia's favorite Son.' On one side thereof, next the statehouse, in a panel decorated with a trophy, composed of the arms of the United States, of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, and our French allies, crowned with a wreath of laurel, was this inscription—'Boston relieved, March 17, 1776.' This arch was handsomely ornamented, and over the centre of it a canopy was ...
— Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. • Benson J. Lossing
... paintings by Fragonard. Farther on, there is one of those superb carved mother-of-pearl coffers, in which Oriental women lay by their finery and jewellery. A splendid Venetian mirror, its frame embellished with tiny figure subjects, and measuring two metres in width and three in height, fills a whole panel of the vestibule. Portieres of Chinese satin, ornamented with striking embroidery, such as figures on a priest's chasuble, fall in sumptuous folds at the drawing-room ...
— Serge Panine, Complete • Georges Ohnet
... despondently. "You don't seem to catch it," he said. "It's like this." He leaned forward, there was the sound of a sharp clip, and the novice shot across the room with a force that nearly sent his skull through the panel ...
— The Firm of Girdlestone • Arthur Conan Doyle


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