Plat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Platted; p. pr. & vb. n. Platting.] [See Plait.]
To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
"They had
platted a crown of thorns."
Matt. xxvii. 29.
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Plat, n.
Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
Shak.
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Plat, n. [Cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.]
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.
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Plat, v. t.
To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
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Plat, a. [F. plat. See Plate, n.]
Plain; flat; level.
[Obs.]
Gower.
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Plat, adv.
1.
Plainly; flatly; downright.
[Obs.]
But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat.
Rom. of R.
2.
Flatly; smoothly; evenly.
[Obs.]
Drant.
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Plat, n.
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.
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