Definition of plate

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Plate (n.) 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..

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Fungia :: Fungia (n.) A genus of simple, stony corals; -- so called because they are usually flat and circular, with radiating plates, like the gills of a mushroom. Some of them are eighteen inches in diameter..
Pack :: Pack (n.) A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To cause to separate into thin plates or layers; to divide into thin plates.
Plate :: Plate (n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light..
Aztec :: Aztec (a.) Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.
Now :: Now (adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated; at a particular time referred to.
Tulle :: Tulle (n.) In plate armor, a suspended plate in from of the thigh. See Illust. of Tasses..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) A thin plate of any material; a flake.
Electrotypy :: Electrotypy (n.) The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) One of the two annular plates at the periphery of a water wheel, which form the sides of the buckets; a shroud plate..
Folium :: Folium (n.) A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate..
Setout :: Setout (n.) A display, as of plate, equipage, etc.; that which is displayed..
Slaty :: Slaty (a.) Resembling slate; having the nature, appearance, or properties, of slate; composed of thin parallel plates, capable of being separated by splitting; as, a slaty color or texture..
Tripestone :: Tripestone (n.) A variety of anhydrite composed of contorted plates fancied to resemble pieces of tripe.
Credence :: Credence (n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose..
Epiplastron :: Epiplastron (n.) One of the first pair of lateral plates in the plastron of turtles.
Galvanograph :: Galvanograph (n.) A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate..
Lamp :: Lamp (n.) A thin plate or lamina.
Woodbury-type :: Woodbury-type (n.) A print from such a plate.
Bolster :: Bolster (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment..
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