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ich is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.

Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks.

A flat surface; especially, a broad, level, elevated area of land; a table-land.

Enough to fill a plate; as much as a plate will hold.

A small dish.

The part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.

One who plates or coats articles with gold or silver; as, a silver plater.

Resembling silver plate; -- said of certain architectural ornaments.

One of a pair of a paired organs.

Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad. This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain. Times (Dec. 29, 1860).

A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back.

ce, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate.

A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor. Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended. Swift.

ention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study. To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. Milton. We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. Byron.

A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved.

A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.

A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.

To plate or cover with a coating of metal, usually silver, nickel, or gold, by means of electrolysis.

One who electroplates.