"Plate" is a word in ENGLISH
Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.
To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.
To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with
metal for defense.
A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating
that is sensitive to light.
To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals,
either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process,
as electrotyping.
A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing
from; as, publisher's plates.
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.
Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups,
etc., wrought in gold or silver.
A prize giving to the winner in a contest.
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.
A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
To calender; as, to plate paper.
A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or
wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
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.
Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that
which is genuine silver or gold.
To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.
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.
A piece of money, usually silver money.
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To blind by a red-hot metal plate held before the eyes.
Read the complete definitionA small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.
Read the complete definitionThe process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of …
Read the complete definitionA supposed metal, said by Phipson to be contained in commercial zinc; -- so called because certain of its compounds …
Read the complete definitionLot. one who corrupts; one who seduces another man's wife. Adulter solidorur/i. A corruptor of metals; a counterfeiter. Calvin
Read the complete definitionA stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
Read the complete definitionThe rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.
Read the complete definitionA refining of metals. Blount
Read the complete definitionIn commercial law. A term used to express the difference in point of value between metallic nnd paper money, or …
Read the complete definitionA kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin.
Read the complete definitionaláhas - (Sp. alhajas) Jewels, jewelry; adornments, trinkets, etc. made of the precious metals with or without stones.
Read the complete definitionA white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, …
Read the complete definitionAn imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for …
Read the complete definitionA mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.
Read the complete definitionAn apparatus formerly used in distillation, usually made of glass or metal. It has mostly given place to the retort …
Read the complete definitionTo mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Read the complete definitionTo form a metallic compound.
Read the complete definitionA baser metal mixed with a finer.
Read the complete definitionAny combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of …
Read the complete definitionTo mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
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