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Delftware. Five nothings in five plates of delph. Swift.

To free from polarization, as the negative plate of the voltaic battery.

A substance used to prevent polarization, as upon the negative plate of a voltaic battery.

fference . . . between them and another description of public creditors. A. Hamilton. The plates were all of the meanest description. Macaulay.

To cause to become visible, as an invisible or latent image upon plate, by submitting it to chemical agents; to bring to view. To develop a curved surface on a place (Geom.), to produce on the plane an equivalent surface, as if by rolling the curved surface so that all parts shall successively touch the plane.…

A reagent by the action of which the latent image upon a photographic plate, after exposure in the camera, or otherwise, is developed and visible.

cess by which anything is developed, as a plan or method, or an image upon a photographic plate; gradual advancement or growth through a series of progressive changes; also, the result of developing, or a developed state. A new development of imagination, taste, and poetry. Channing.

d astral dials. The style or gnomon is usually parallel to the earth's axis, but the dial plate may be either horizontal or vertical.

Same as Dialectics. Plato placed his dialectic above all sciences. Liddell & Scott.

re persons are represented as conversing or reasoning on some topic; as, the Dialogues of Plato.

A calcareous plate which divides the cavity of certain shells into two parts.

A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc.

f spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are able to inflate the body by taking in air or water, and, hence, are called globefishes, swellfishes, etc. fishes, and sea hedgehogs.

The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.

A flat round plate; (Biol.)

n the truth of the doctrine of his teacher; an adherent in doctrine; as, the disciples of Plato; the disciples of our Savior. The disciples, or The twelve disciples, the twelve selected companions of Jesus; -- also called the apostles. -- Disciples of Christ. See Christian, n., 3, and Campbellite.

A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judg. v. 25.

A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

ng views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. Addicted more To contemplation and profound dispute. Milton.