Definition of plate

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Plate (v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.

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Plate :: Plate (v. t.) To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness..
Harmoniphon :: Harmoniphon (n.) An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube..
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..
Placoid :: Placoid (a.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids..
Die :: Die (n.) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing..
Tin :: Tin (n.) Thin plates of iron covered with tin; tin plate.
Atlas :: Atlas (n.) A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
Plateresque :: Plateresque (a.) Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.
Fetch :: Fetch (v. t.) To bear toward the person speaking, or the person or thing from whose point of view the action is contemplated; to go and bring; to get..
Bookplate :: Bookplate (n.) A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library..
Mentum :: Mentum (n.) The front median plate of the labium in insects. See Labium.
Plateau :: Plateau (n.) A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land..
Malleate :: Malleate (v. t.) To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf.
Mailed :: Mailed (a.) Protected by an external coat, or covering, of scales or plates..
Plating :: Plating (n.) A coating or defensive armor of metal (usually steel) plates.
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..
Etching :: Etching (v. t.) An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate..
Cylinder :: Cylinder (n.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press.
Carrier :: Carrier (n.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
Occiput :: Occiput (n.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
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