From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Plate \Plate\, n. [OF. plate a plate of metal, a cuirsas, F.
plat a plate, a shallow vessel of silver, other metal, or
earth, fr. plat flat, Gr. ?. See {Place}, n.]
1. A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of
which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a
thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.
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2. Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
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Mangled . . . through plate and mail. --Milton.
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3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
etc., wrought in gold or silver.
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4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
which is silver or gold throughout.
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5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is
eaten at table.
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6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver
money. [Obs.] "Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd
from his pocket." --Shak.
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7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the
purpose of being printed; hence, an impression from the
engraved metal; as, a book illustrated with plates; a
fashion plate.
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8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for
printing from; as, publisher's plates.
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9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the
mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold,
platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc.
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10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon
corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends
of other timbers; also used specifically of the roof
plate which supports the ends of the roof trusses or, in
simple work, the feet of the rafters.
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11. (Her.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
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12. (Photog.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with
a coating that is sensitive to light.
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13. A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
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14. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a
diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the
batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a
player on completing a run; -- called also {home base},
or {home plate}.
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15. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.
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16. A very light steel racing horsehoe.
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17. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in
horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not
making a stake.
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18. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and
roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's
Cant]
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19. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool,
musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the
body of which is of an inferior substance.
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20. a quantity sufficient to fill a plate; a {plateful}; a
dish containing that quantity; a plate of spaghetti.
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21. the food and service supplied to a customer at a
restaurant; as, the turkey dinner is $9 a plate; I'll
have a plate of spaghetti.
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22. a flat dish of glass or plastic with a fitted cover, used
for culturing microorganisms in a laboratory.
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23. the identification tag required to be displayed on the
outside of a vehicle; same as {license plate}; -- often
used in the plural.
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24. an agenda or schedule of tasks to be performed; I have a
lot on my plate today. [colloq.]
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Note: Plate is sometimes used in an adjectival sense or in
combination, the phrase or compound being in most cases
of obvious signification; as, plate basket or
plate-basket, plate rack or plate-rack.
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{Home plate}. (Baseball) See {Home base}, under {Home}.
{Plate armor}.
(a) See {Plate}, n., 2.
(b) Strong metal plates for protecting war vessels,
fortifications, and the like.
{Plate bone}, the shoulder blade, or scapula.
{Plate girder}, a girder, the web of which is formed of a
single vertical plate, or of a series of such plates
riveted together.
{Plate glass}. See under {Glass}.
{Plate iron}, wrought iron plates.
{Plate layer}, a workman who lays down the rails of a railway
and fixes them to the sleepers or ties.
{Plate mark}, a special mark or emblematic figure stamped
upon gold or silver plate, to indicate the place of
manufacture, the degree of purity, and the like; thus, the
local mark for London is a lion.
{Plate paper}, a heavy spongy paper, for printing from
engraved plates. --Fairholt.
{Plate press}, a press with a flat carriage and a roller, --
used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
{Plate printer}, one who prints from engraved plates.
{Plate printing}, the act or process of printing from an
engraved plate or plates.
{Plate tracery}. (Arch.) See under {Tracery}.
{Plate wheel} (Mech.), a wheel, the rim and hub of which are
connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by
arms or spokes.
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