| Plate (plate) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Plate |
| [OF. plate a plate
of metal, a cuirsas, F. plat a plate, a shallow vessel of
silver, other metal, or earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. (?). See
Place, ] |
A flat, or
nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in
comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a
steel plate.
Metallic armor composed of broad
pieces.
Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons,
dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
Metallic ware which is plated, in
distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.
A small, shallow, and usually circular,
vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food
is eaten at table.
A piece of
money, usually silver money.
A piece of metal on which anything is
engraved for the purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from
the engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a
fashion plate.
A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the
like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.
That part of an artificial set of teeth
which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of
gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
A horizontal timber laid
upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting
the ends of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof
plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in simple
work, the feet of the rafters.
A roundel of silver or
tinctured argent.
A sheet of glass,
porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to
light.
A prize giving to the winner in a
contest.
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| Plate (plate) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Plate |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Plated] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Plating.] |
To cover or overlay with
gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as
hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
To cover or overlay with plates of metal]
to arm with metal for defense.
To adorn with plated metal; as, a
plated harness.
To beat into thin, flat pieces, or
laminæ.
To calender; as, to plate
paper.
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A small five-sided area (enveloping a diamond-
shaped area one foot square) beside which the batter stands and which
must be touched by some part of a player on completing a run; --
called also home base, or home plate.
One of the thin parts of the bricket of an
animal.
A very light steel racing
horsehoe.
Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize;
specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not
making a stake.
Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed
together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
The fine nap (as of
beaver, hare's wool, musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat
the body of which is of an inferior substance.
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