Planchette

[plɑ:n'ʃet]

Definition

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

Edited by Karl--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A circumferentor. See Circumferentor.

(n.) 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.

Checker: Sheena

Definition

n. a small heart-shaped or triangular piece of board resting on three props two of which are castors and one a pencil-point which while a person's fingers are lightly resting on it sometimes moves as if of its own accord and traces with the pencil marks and even words upon a piece of paper below it.

Typed by Chauncey