Planchette

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Planchette \Plan`chette"\, n. [F. See {Planchet}.]
     1. A circumferentor. See {Circumferentor}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  planchette
       n : a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly
           touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out
           supernatural (or unconscious) messages