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PLA'TEY, a. Like a plate; flat.
PLAT'EN, n. [from its flatness.] Among printers, the flat part of a press by whi...
PLA'TED, pp. Covered or adorned with plate; armed with plate; beaten into plates.
PLATE, n. [L. Latus, with the radical sense of laid, spread.] 1. A piece of meta...
PLAT'BAND, n. A border of flowers in a garden, along a wall or the side of a par...
PLA'TANE, n. [L. platanus.] The planetree, which see.
PLAT, v.t. [from plait, or plat, flat.] To weave; to form by texture. Mat 27. PLAT'
PLAS'TRON, n. [See Plaster .] A piece of leather stuffed; used by fencers to def...
PLASTIC'ITY, n. The quality of giving form or shape to matter.
PLAS'TIC, a. [Gr. to form.] Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass o...
PL`ASTERING, ppr. Covering with or laying on plaster. PL`ASTERING , n. The act o...
PL`ASTERER, n. One that overlays with plaster. 1. One that makes figures in plas...
PL`ASTERED, pp. Overlaid with plaster.
PL`ASTER-STONE, n. Gypsum, which see. This when pulverized is extensively used a...
PL`ASTER, n. [L. emplastrum; Gr. to daub or smear, properly to lay or spread on;...
PLASMAT'IC PLASMAT'ICAL, a. Giving shape; having the power of giving form.