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What's The Definition Of Plat?

\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.