Definition of plate

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Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping..

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Testimonial :: Testimonial (a.) Something, as money or plate, presented to a preson as a token of respect, or of obligation for services rendered..
Present :: Present (a.) Present time; the time being; time in progress now, or at the moment contemplated; as, at this present..
Footplate :: Footplate (n.) See Footboard (a).
Silver :: Silver (v. t.) To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury..
Web :: Web (n.) A thin metal sheet, plate, or strip, as of lead..
Electrotypy :: Electrotypy (n.) The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n..
Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..
Oostegite :: Oostegite (n.) One of the plates which in some Crustacea inclose a cavity wherein the eggs are hatched.
Stereotype :: Stereotype (v. t.) To prepare for printing in stereotype; to make the stereotype plates of; as, to stereotype the Bible..
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Chiton :: Chiton (n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora..
Intercrural :: Intercrural (a.) Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.
Patine :: Patine (n.) A plate. See Paten.
Developer :: Developer (n.) A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible..
Season :: Season (n.) Hence, a period of time, especially as regards its fitness for anything contemplated or done; a suitable or convenient time; proper conjuncture; as, the season for planting; the season for rest..
Disk :: Disk (n.) A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper..
Stereotypic :: Stereotypery (n.) A place where stereotype plates are made; a stereotype foundry.
Placodermi :: Placodermi (n. pl.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus..
Laminate :: Laminate (v. t.) To form, as metal, into a thin plate, as by rolling..
Saw :: Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing..
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