Definition of plate

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Plate (n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver..

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Gorget :: Gorget (n.) A piece of plate armor covering the same parts and worn over the buff coat in the 17th century, and without other steel armor..
Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass..
Torsel :: Torsel (n.) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole..
Photo-electrotype :: Photo-electrotype (n.) An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc..
Latten :: Latten (n.) Sheet tin; iron plate, covered with tin; also, any metal in thin sheets; as, gold latten..
Cliche :: Cliche (n.) A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief..
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..
Hemidactyl :: Hemidactyl (n.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath..
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A broad, thinly expanded portion of metal or other substance; as, a sheet of copper, of glass, or the like; a plate; a leaf..
Sclerodermous :: Sclerodermous () Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates..
Dab :: Dab (n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides..
Platefuls :: Platefuls (pl. ) of Platefu.
Polarizer :: Polarizer (n.) That which polarizes; especially, the part of a polariscope which receives and polarizes the light. It is usually a reflecting plate, or a plate of some crystal, as tourmaline, or a doubly refracting crystal..
Ganoidei :: Ganoidei (n. pl.) One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales..
Sterhydraulic :: Stereotypy (n.) The art or process of making stereotype plates.
Cut :: Cut (n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts..
Pipefish :: Pipefish (n.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place..
Templet :: Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet..
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..
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