Plat

plat, n. a piece of ground: a piece of ground laid out [A form of Plot.} Platans, plat'fin, n the plane-tree. h.piatanus Gr plat a nos platys, broad, flat] Plate, plat, n something Jiat a thin piece of inet.il. wi ought gold and silver: household utensils in gold and silver a flat dish an engraved plaie of metal — v to overlay with a coating of plate or metal to adorn with metal to heat into thin plates. n. Plate' -gla , a fine kind of gla , cast in thick plates. [O. Fr. plate fem of Fr. plat, flat—Gr. platys, broad, See Place Plateau, pl.i-t(V, n a broad flat space on an elevated position: a tabie-latiu Plateaux', Fr —O. rr, flatel, dim. ot plat. See Plate.] Platform, plat'fonn, n a raised level scaffolding \nril an elevated floor for cannon a statement of prim lplcs to which a body of men declare their adhesion [Fr. plate-forme, a thing of flat form Platina, plai'in-a, Platinum, plat'in-um, n. a metal of a don silvery appearance. [Sp.platina —plat a, plate, silver See Plate Plating, pl.u'ing, n the overlaying with a coating of plate or metal a thin coaling of metal. Platitude, plat'i-liid, «.. flatne that which ex* hibits dullne an empty remark. Platonic, pla-ton'ik, Plat on i cal, pla-um'ik-al, adj. pertaining to Plato, the Greek philosopher, or to his philosophical opinions pure and unmixed with carnal desires — adv. Platon'ically.