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  1. 1. v. t. To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A small piece or plot of ground laid out with some design, or for a special use; usually, a portion of flat, even ground. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. t. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. Plain; flat; level. Source: opted
  6. 6. adv. Plainly; flatly; downright. Source: opted
  7. 7. adv. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. The flat or broad side of a sword. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. Source: opted
  10. 10. n. a map showing planned or actual features of an area (streets and building lots etc.) Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. make a plot of Source: wordnet
  12. 12. To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait. "They had platted a crown of thorns." Matt. xxvii. 29. Work done by platting or braiding; a plait. Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat. Shak. 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. To lay out in plats or plots, as ground. Plain; flat; level. [Obs.] Gower. 1. Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obs.] But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat. Rom. of R. 2. Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obs.] Drant. 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. Source: webster

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