Plating

Plating
Plate Plate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Plating}.] 1. To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. [1913 Webster]

2. To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense. [1913 Webster]

Thus plated in habiliments of war. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To adorn with plated metal; as, a plated harness. [1913 Webster]

4. To beat into thin, flat pieces, or lamin[ae]. [1913 Webster]

5. To calender; as, to plate paper. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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