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(1):

(n.) One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.

(2):

(n.) Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted.

(3):

(n.) A very light steel racing horsehoe.

(4):

(n.) Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a stake.

(5):

(n.) 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.

(6):

(n.) 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.

(7):

(n.) 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.

(8):

(n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest.

(9):

(n.) 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.

(10):

(n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces.

(11):

(n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver.

(12):

(n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold.

(13):

(n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.

(14):

(n.) A piece of money, usually silver money.

(15):

(n.) 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.

(16):

(n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from; as, publisher's plates.

(17):

(n.) 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.

(18):

(v. t.) To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness.

(19):

(n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent.

(20):

(n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light.

(21):

(v. t.) To calender; as, to plate paper.

(22):

(v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae.

(23):

(v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping.

(24):

(v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Plate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/plate.html. 1828.
 
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