platting (plating)

[Verbal n. of plat4, v.] 1. The proce of making interwoven or platted work.-2. A fabric made of fibers, bundles of fibers, or thin slips of any pliable material, such as cane or straw. Bermuda hats are worn by our ladies; they are made of a sort of mat or (as they call it) platting made of the palmetto leaf. Ep. Berkeley, Proposals for Better Supplying of Churches. plattnerite (plat'nèr-it), n. [Named after K. F. Plattner (1800-58), a German chemist and IMG:content-0378.png:[blocks in formation] Platy cep halidæ (plat"i-se-fal'i-dē), n.pl. [NL., Platy cephalinæ (plat-i-sef-a-li'nē), n. pl. [NL., Platycephalus + -inæ.] The Platy cep halidæ as a subfamily of scorpænoid fishes. platycephalous (plat-i-sef'a-lus), a. [ IMG:content-0379.jpg:[blocks in formation] Platy cercus +-idæ.] The broad-tailed parrakeets as a separate family of parrots.