plate worker

A worker in silver or plate. platform plāte, v. t. [PLATE, 8.] 1. To cover or overlay with plates or sheets of metal. "Their broadsides were plated with 4-inch solid iron plates from stem to stern."- Brit . Quart. Review , lvii. (1873), 90. 2. Specif .: To overlay with a thin covering or coating of silver or other metal, either by a mechanical proce , as hammering, or a chemical proce , as electrotyping. "Plated work will never stand the tear and wear of life." -Blackie : Self - Culture , p. 65. 3. To beat into thin metal or lamine. "For this on plated steel thy limbs were dre ed." Wilkie: Epigoniad, bk. vi. 4. To put plates or shoes on. (Said of a race horse.) *5. To arm with or clothe in armor for defense (Shakesp.: Richard II ., i. 3.) IMG:content-1191.jpg:[blocks in formation] 1. A tableland; a broad, flat, stretch of land on an elevated position; an elevated plain. "The point to be defended lies in the center of a plateau ."-London Standard. 2. A large ornamental dish for the center of a table. II. Bot.: A corm. ( De Candolle.) plāt-ěd, pa. par. or a. [PLATE, v.]