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PLAT'FORM, n. plat, flat, form. The sketch of any thing horizontally delineated the ichnography.
1. A place laid out after any model.
2. In the military art, an elevation of earth or a floor of wood or stone, on which cannons are mounted to fire on an enemy.
3. In architecture, a row of beams or a piece of timber which supports the timber-work of a roof, and lying on the top of the wall.
This in New England is called the plate.
4. A kind of terrace or broad smooth open walk on the top of a building, as in the oriental houses.
5. In ships, the orlop. See Orlop.
6. Any number of planks or other materials forming a floor for any purpose.
7. A plan a scheme ground-work.
8. In some of the New England states, an ecclesiastical constitution, or a plan for the government of churches as the Cambridge or Saybrook platform.
Platic aspect, in astrology, a ray cast from one planet to another, not exactly, but within the orbit of its own light.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Platform'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/platform.html.
Entry for 'Platform'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/platform.html.
