platten

t. [Eng. plat =flat; -en.] Gla -making: To make or form into sheets or plates, as gla . In crown-gla this is effected by imparting a rapid whirling motion to the blown-out globe while still on the pontil. Plate-gla is plat tened by the roller, which forms it while still in a liquid state. The term is, however, specially ap plied to the operation of flatting cylinder-gla . plăt-ter (1) plat-er, subst . [O. Fr. platel (Fr. plateau )=a plate.] A large shell, plate, or dish for eatables; a plate. "This lanx, in English, a charger or large platter ."Dryden: Juvenal. (Dedic.) 3148