Definition of plate

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Plate (n.) 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..

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Lath :: Lath (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used..
Plate :: Plate (n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
Discus :: Discus (n.) A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.
Scissel :: Scissel (n.) The slips or plates of metal out of which circular blanks have been cut for the purpose of coinage.
Iodize :: Iodize (v. t.) To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography..
Roulette :: Roulette (n.) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint..
Gnathastegite :: Gnathastegite (n.) One of a pair of broad plates, developed from the outer maxillipeds of crabs, and forming a cover for the other mouth organs..
Plate :: Plate (n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table..
Beaufet :: Beaufet (n.) A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet..
Stereotypic :: Stereotypery (n.) A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
Platin :: Platin (n.) See Platen.
Madreporite :: Madreporite (n.) The madreporic plate of echinoderms.
Albertype :: Albertype (n.) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
Trunk :: Trunk (n.) A long, large box, pipe, or conductor, made of plank or metal plates, for various uses, as for conveying air to a mine or to a furnace, water to a mill, grain to an elevator, etc..
Water Plate :: Water plate () A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket.
Coccosteus :: Coccosteus (n.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles..
Platen :: Platen (n.) The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
Electro-tint :: Electro-tint (n.) A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resists the fluids of a battery; so that, in electro-typing, the parts not covered by the varnish, etc., receive a deposition of metal, and produce the required copy in intaglio. A cast of this is then the plate for printing..
Gill :: Gill (n.) The radiating, gill-shaped plates forming the under surface of a mushroom..
Stereotypery :: Stereotyper (n.) One who stereotypes; one who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry..
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