GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 7 definitions

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   Plat , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Platted; p. pr. & vb. n. Platting.] [See Plait.] To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. “They had platted a crown of thorns.”
   Matt. xxvii. 29.
   
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   Plat, n. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
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   Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
   Shak.
   
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   Plat, n. [Cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.] A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground.
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   This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve.
   Milton.
   
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   I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Plat, v. t. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
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   Plat, a. [F. plat. See Plate, n.] Plain; flat; level. [Obs.]
   Gower.
   
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   Plat, adv.
   Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.]
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   But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat.
   Rom. of R.
   
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   Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.]
   Drant.
   
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   Plat, n.
   The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] “To note all the islands, and to set them down in plat.”
   Hakluyt.
   
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