Plat
Plat , transitive verb
[See Plait.]
To form by interlaying interweaving; to braid; to plait.
They had platted a crown of thorns.
Plat , noun
Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
Her hair, nor loose, nor tied in formal plat.
Plat , noun
[Compare 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.
I keep smooth plat of fruitful ground.
Plat , transitive verb
To lay out in plats or plots, as ground.
Plat , adjective
[French plat. See Plate, n.]
Plain; flat; level. [Obsolete] — Gower
Plat , adverb
1.
Plainly; flatly; downright. [Obsolete]
But, sir, ye lie, I tell you plat.
2.
Flatly; smoothly; evenly. [Obsolete] — Drant
Plat , noun
1.
The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obsolete or Provincial English] — Chaucer
2.
A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. [Obsolete or Provincial English]
To note all the islands, and to set them down in plat.