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Pronunciation : Plat
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [See Plait.]
Definition : Defn: To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "They had platted a crown of thorns." Matt. xxvii. 29.

t. [imp. & p. p. Platted; p. pr. & vb. n. Platting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Plat
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Plat
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.]
Definition : Defn: A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground. This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. Milton. I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. Tennyson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Plat
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Plat
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. plat. See Plate, n.]
Definition : Defn: Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] Gower.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Plat
Part of Speech : adv.
Definition : 1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.] But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. Rom. of R.

2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] Drant.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Plat
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.

2. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] "To note all the islands, and to set them down in plat." Hakluyt.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913