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Chestnut :: Chestnut (n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals..

Hautpas :: Hautpas (n.) A raised part of the floor of a large room; a platform for a raised table or throne. See Dais.

Platonic :: Platonic (a.) Alt. of Platonica.

Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod..

Incandescent :: Incandescent (a.) White, glowing, or luminous, with intense heat; as, incandescent carbon or platinum; hence, clear; shining; brilliant..

Tubipora :: Tubipora (n.) A genus of halcyonoids in which the skeleton, or coral (called organ-pipe coral), consists of a mass of parallel cylindrical tubes united at intervals by transverse plates. These corals are usually red or purple and form large masses. They are natives of the tropical parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans..

Plane :: Plane (n.) Any tree of the genus Platanus.

Platonist :: Platonist (n.) One who adheres to the philosophy of Plato; a follower of Plato.

Dial :: Dial (n.) An instrument, formerly much used for showing the time of day from the shadow of a style or gnomon on a graduated arc or surface; esp., a sundial; but there are lunar and astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical..

Unrivet :: Unrivet (v. t.) To take out, or loose, the rivets of; as, to unrivet boiler plates..

Tagger :: Tagger (n.) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.

Boiler :: Boiler (n.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes..

Platonic :: Platonic (n.) A follower of Plato; a Platonist.

Autotypography :: Autotypography (n.) A process resembling nature printing, by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate..

Terreplein :: Terreplein (n.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate..

Platy :: Platy (a.) Like a plate; consisting of plates.

Omoplate :: Omoplate (n.) The shoulder blade, or scapula..

Dossil :: Dossil (n.) A roll of cloth for wiping off the face of a copperplate, leaving the ink in the engraved lines..

Paleechinoidea :: Paleechinoidea (n. pl.) An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also Palaeechini.

Shearing :: Shearing (n.) The act or operation of dividing with shears; as, the shearing of metal plates..

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