Definitions for: Plat


[v] make a plat of; "Plat the town"



Webster (1913) Definition: Plat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Platted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Platting.] [See Plait.]
To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
``They had platted a crown of thorns.'' --Matt. xxvii. 29.


Plat, n.
Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.

Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. --Shak.


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.


Plat, v. t.
To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.


Plat, a. [F. plat. See Plate, n.]
Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] --Gower.


Plat, adv.
1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.]

But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. --Rom. of R.

2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] --Drant.


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.] ``To note all the islands, and to set them
down in plat.'' --Hakluyt.

Synonyms: plot

See Also: map

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