plat
[noun]
Synonyms: lot, parcel, plot, tract

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plat noun⁴. [pla] Pl. pronounced same. M18.
[French: see PLAT noun¹.]
A dish of food.
plat du jour [dy ʒu:r] = dish of the day s.v. DISH noun 3a.

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plat adjective & adverb. [plat] obsolete exc. Scot. dial. ME.
[Old & mod. French from popular Latin from Greek platus broad, flat.]
A. adjective.
1. Flat, level; plane; plain. ME.

2. fig. Forthright, blunt, straightforward, unqualified. LME.
b. adverb.
1. In or into a flat or horizontal position; level or even with the ground or a surface. ME.

2. Entirely, quite, absolutely. LME.

3. Forthrightly, bluntly, straightforwardly, without circumlocution or qualification. LME.

4. Exactly, due, or straight in direction. LME.

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plat noun¹. [plat] Now arch. & dial. LME.
[Old & mod. French = flat surface or thing, (mod.) dish, use as noun of adjective: see PLAT adjective.]
1. A flat thing, part, or surface; any of various flat objects; the flat part or side of something. obsolete exc. Scot. LME.

2. A thing placed in a flat or horizontal position; a platform; a foot bridge. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. LME.

3. Any surface. M-L16.

4. A place, a spot; a locality, a situation. obsolete exc. dial. M16.

5. A flat country, a plateau, a tableland. US & dial. L18.

6. A widened space in a mine, near the shaft, where trucks may pass, ore be collected, etc. Chiefly Austral. M19.

► Recorded earlier in ME in surnames and place-names.

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plat noun². [plat] LME.
[Var. of PLOT noun, infl. by PLAT noun¹.]
I.
1. A plot of ground. Now arch. & dial. LME.

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plat(4)
II. (Earlier than corresp. uses of PLOT noun.)

2. A plan or diagram of something; esp. a ground-plan of a building or of an area of land; a map, a chart. Now US. E16.

3. fig. A plan of the actual or proposed arrangement of something; an outline, a sketch; a plan of action or proceeding; a scheme. E16-E18.

4. The plot of a literary work. L16-E17.

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plat(4)
III.

5. Scottish Ecclesiastical History. The late 16th-cent. scheme for the reorganization of the Church in Scotland on a presbyterian system; the body in charge of this. L16.

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plat noun³. [plat] obsolete exc. dial. E16.
[Var. of PLAIT noun.]
1. A fold; a pleat. rare. E-M16.

2. A plait of hair, straw, etc. M16.

3. Nautical. A braided rope used to protect cables. L17.

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plat verb¹. [plat] obsolete exc. dial. Infl. -tt-. ME.
[from PLAT adjective.]
1. verb intrans. Lie, sink, or fall down flat. Chiefly Scot. ME-E19.

2. verb trans. Lay, throw, or cause to fall down flat; spread or press flat. LME.

3. verb trans. Put or place quickly, energetically, or unceremoniously (into). obsolete exc. Scot. E16.

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plat verb² trans. [plat] Infl. -tt-. ME.
[Var. of PLAIT verb.]
Intertwine, intertwist, plait (hair, straw, etc.); form by plaiting.

■ platting noun (a) the action of the verb, plaiting; (b) plaited straw, palmetto, etc., in ribbon-like strips, for making hats, bonnets, etc.: LME.

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plat verb³ trans. [plat] Infl. -tt-. M16.
[Var. of PLOT verb¹.]
1. Plan; sketch. M16-E17.

2. Make a plan of, plot on a plan or chart; plot to calculate distances, area, etc. Now US. E18.

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