Category:Plat

Plat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Platted; p. pr. & vb. n. Platting.] Etym: [see plait.]

Defn: to form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "they Had platted a crown of thorns." Matt. xxvii. 29.

Plat Plat, n.

Defn: work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak.

Plat Plat, n. Etym: [cf. Plat flat, which perh. caused this spelling, and Plot a piece of ground.]

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.

Plat Plat, v. t.

Defn: to lay out in plats or plots, as ground.

Plat Plat, a. Etym: [f. plat. See plate, n.]

Defn: plain; flat; level. [obs.] Gower.

Plat Plat, adv.

1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [obs.] But, sir, ye lie, i tell you plat. Rom. of r.

2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [obs.] Drant.

Plat 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.