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PLATE, n. [L. Latus, with the radical sense of laid, spread.] 1. A piece of metal, flat or extended in breadth.2. Armor of plate, composed of broad pieces, and thus distinguished from mail.3. A piece of wrought silver, as a dish or other shallow vessel; hence, vessels of silver; wrought silver in general. Plate, by the laws of some states, is subject to a tax by the ounce.4. A small shallow vessel, made of silver or other metal, or of earth glazed and baked, from which provisions are eaten at table. A wooden plate is called a trencher.5. The prize given for the best horse in a race.6. In architecture, the piece of timber which supports the ends of the rafters. [See Platform.]PLATE, v.t. To cover or overlay with plate or with metal; used particularly of silver; as plated vessels. 1. To arm with plate or metal for defense; as, to plate sin with gold. Why plated in habiliments of war?2. To adorn with place; as a plated harness.3. To beat into thin flat pieces or lamens.
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PLATE, n. [L. Latus, with the radical sense of laid, spread.] 1. A piece of metal, flat or extended in breadth.2. Armor of plate, composed of broad pieces, and thus distinguished from mail.3. A piece of wrought silver, as a dish or other shallow vessel; hence, vessels of silver; wrought silver in general. Plate, by the laws of some states, is subject to a tax by the ounce.4. A small shallow vessel, made of silver or other metal, or of earth glazed and baked, from which provisions are eaten at table. A wooden plate is called a trencher.5. The prize given for the best horse in a race.6. In architecture, the piece of timber which supports the ends of the rafters. [See Platform.]PLATE, v.t. To cover or overlay with plate or with metal; used particularly of silver; as plated vessels. 1. To arm with plate or metal for defense; as, to plate sin with gold. Why plated in habiliments of war?2. To adorn with place; as a plated harness.3. To beat into thin flat pieces or lamens. | PLATE, n. [D. plaat, G. platte, plate; Sw. platt; Dan. and D. plat, G. platt, flat; It. piatto, flat, and piastra; Sp. plata; Ir. id.; W. plâd, a plate; probably allied to Gr. πλατυς, L. latus, with the radical sense of laid, spread.]- A piece of metal, flat or extended in breadth. – Bacon. South.
- Armor of plate, composed of broad pieces, and thus distinguished from mail. – Spenser.
- A piece of wrought silver; as a dish or other shallow vessel; hence, vessels of silver; wrought silver in general. Plate, by the laws of some states, is subject to a tax by the ounce.
- A small shallow vessel, made of silver or other metal, or of earth glazed and baked, from which provisions are eaten at table.
A wooden plate is called a trencher.
- The prize given for the best horse in a race.
- In architecture, the piece of timber which supports the ends of the rafters. [See Platform.]
- For Copperplate, a printed representation or impression from an engraved plate.
- A page of stereotype or fixed metallic types for printing.
- [In heraldry, a roundel of silver. – E. H. B.]
PLATE, v.t.- To cover or overlay with plate or with metal; used particularly of silver; as, plated vessels.
- To arm with plate or metal for defense; as, to plate sin with gold. – Shak.
Why plated in habiliments of war? – Shak.
- To adorn with plate; as a plated harness.
- To beat into thin flat pieces or lamins. – Dryden. Newton.
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- 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.
- To cover or overlay with
gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as
hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.
- 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.
- Metallic armor composed of broad
pieces.
- To cover or overlay with plates of metal]
to arm with metal for defense.
- One of the thin parts of the bricket of an
animal.
- Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons,
dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.
- To adorn with plated metal; as, a
plated harness.
- A very light steel racing
horsehoe.
- Metallic ware which is plated, in
distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.
- To beat into thin, flat pieces, or
laminæ.
- Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize;
specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not
making a stake.
- A small, shallow, and usually circular,
vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food
is eaten at table.
- To calender; as, to plate
paper.
- Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed
together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.
- A piece of
money, usually silver money.
- 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.
- 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, noun [Latin Latus, with the radical sense of laid, spread.] 1. A piece of metal, flat or extended in breadth. 2. Armor of plate composed of broad pieces, and thus distinguished from mail. 3. A piece of wrought silver, as a dish or other shallow vessel; hence, vessels of silver; wrought silver in general. plate by the laws of some states, is subject to a tax by the ounce. 4. A small shallow vessel, made of silver or other metal, or of earth glazed and baked, from which provisions are eaten at table. A wooden plate is called a trencher. 5. The prize given for the best horse in a race. 6. In architecture, the piece of timber which supports the ends of the rafters. [See Platform.] PLATE, verb transitive To cover or overlay with plate or with metal; used particularly of silver; as plated vessels. 1. To arm with plate or metal for defense; as, to plate sin with gold. Why plated in habiliments of war? 2. To adorn with place; as a plated harness. 3. To beat into thin flat pieces or lamens.
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