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Plat \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.
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This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. --Milton.
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I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. --Tennyson.
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Plat \Plat\, v. t.
To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
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Plat \Plat\, a. [F. plat. See {Plate}, n.]
Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Plat \Plat\, adv.
1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.]
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But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. --Rom. of R.
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2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] --Drant.
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Plat \Plat\, n.
1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--Chaucer.
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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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Plat \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 \Plat\, n.
Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
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Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak.
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