Mangled . . . through plate and mail.
Milton.
3. Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc.,
wrought in gold or silver.
4. Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is
genuine silver or gold.
5. A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or
of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table.
6. [Cf. Sp. plata silver.] A piece of money, usually silver money.
[Obs.] "Realms and islands were as plates dropp'd from his pocket."
Shak.
7. A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of
being printed; hence, an impression from the engraved metal; as, a book
illustrated with plates; a fashion plate.
8. A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from;
as, publisher's plates.
9. That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and
holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber,
celluloid, etc.
10. (Arch.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels
projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers; also
used specifically of the roof plate which supports the ends of the roof
trusses or, in simple work, the feet of the rafters.