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English Dictionary: plat	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for plat
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
plat n a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.) v make a plat of; "Plat the town" Synonym(s): plat, plot
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plat \Plat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Platted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Platting}.] [See {Plait}.] To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. [bd]They had platted a crown of thorns.[b8] --Matt. xxvii. 29.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plat \Plat\, n. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. This flowery plat, the sweet recess of Eve. --Milton. I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plat \Plat\, v. t. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plat \Plat\, a. [F. plat. See {Plate}, n.] Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] --Gower.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plat \Plat\, adv. 1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.] But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. --Rom. of R. 2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] --Drant.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Plat \Plat\, n. 1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer. 2. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [bd]To note all the islands, and to set them down in plat.[b8] --Hakluyt.