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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[From

to braid.]

One who plats or braids.

Noun.

[Probably fr. OF.

platel

, F.

plateau

. See

A large plate or shallow dish on which meat or other food is brought to the table.

The attendants . . . speedly brought in several large, smoking

platters

, filled with huge pieces of beef.

Sir W. Scott.

Noun.

[from plate.] A large shallow dish for holding the provisions of a table.

One that plats or forms by weaving. [See Plat.]