PLAT

v. n. a. adv.

9 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "They had platted a crown of thorns." Matt. xxvii. 29.

2.
n.

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

3.
n.

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.

4.
v.

To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.

5.
a.

Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] Gower.

6.
adv.

Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.] But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. Rom. of R.

7.
adv.

Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] Drant.

8.
n.

The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.

9.
n.

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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