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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Anastatic :: Anastatic (a.) Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
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..
Rondle :: Rondle (n.) A round mass, plate, or disk; especially (Metal.), the crust or scale which forms upon the surface of molten metal in the crucible..
Platefuls :: Platefuls (pl. ) of Platefu.
Sclerodermous :: Sclerodermous () Having the integument, or skin, hard, or covered with hard plates..
Tramroad :: Tramroad (n.) A road prepared for easy transit of trams or wagons, by forming the wheel tracks of smooth beams of wood, blocks of stone, or plates of iron..
Plate :: 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..
Template :: Template (n.) Same as Templet.
Capsquare :: Capsquare (n.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place..
Cuirass :: Cuirass (n.) The breastplate taken by itself.
Cerography :: Cerography (n.) A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.
Groundsill :: Groundsill (n.) See Ground plate (a), under Ground.
Strake :: Strake (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak..
Mesoscutum :: Mesoscutum (n.) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly.
Iodize :: Iodize (v. t.) To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds; as, to iodize a plate for photography..
Platin :: Platin (n.) See Platen.
Flitch :: Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam..
Hemidactyl :: Hemidactyl (n.) Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath..
Contemplator :: Contemplator (n.) One who contemplates.
Parietal :: Parietal (n.) One of the special scales, or plates, covering the back of the head in certain reptiles and fishes..
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