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See Lodge, n. Raymond.

The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German.

To flatten and make into sheets or plates; as, to platten cylinder glass.

d is brought to the table. The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking platters, filled with huge pieces of beef. Sir W. Scott.

Having a broad, flat face.

Plaited strips or bark, cane, straw, etc., used for making hats or the like.

To spatter; to splash.

Uproar. Jamieson.

leanly joys." Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

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.

esic; Anglo-Saxon or Saxon; Old Saxon; Dutch or Low Dutch, with its dialect, Flemish; and Plattdeutsch (called also Low German), spoken in many dialects.

d to the Shoshones. They formerly inhabited the region about the head waters of the North Platte.

ft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; -- called also platt. Raymond.

Covered with hairs or pubescence so platted together and interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.

e pinch me like a pasty." Shak. "Apple pasties." Dickens. A large pasty baked in a pewter platter. Sir W. Scott.

A tribe of Indians (called also Loups) who formerly occupied the region of the Platte river, but now live mostly in the Indian Territory. The term is often used in a wider sense to include also the related tribes of Rickarees and Wichitas. Called also Pani.

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

A salver, platter, or tray. [Obs.]

A large wooden plate or platter, as for table use.

To take out the folds or twists of, as something previously platted; to unfold; to unwreathe.