of Plate

Covered with a coating of metal, as silver; covered or armed with sheets of metal.

Although this Memorandum bears no historical weight I deal with it in detail here because it plated a leading part before the Committee of the National Assembly as a proof that no confidence could be placed in Mr. Wilson as a peace mediator. – My Three Years in America by Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von Bernstorff

In order that the windows might be simultaneously visible, they were crowded close to the door- a fact which probably compelled the architect to use a bronze- plated door frame instead of a stone one such as he used in the north door. – Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. Elderkin

That freak, Millie Wyandotte, sent me a plated toast- rack and a letter from which I extract the following: If you were half as extraordinary as you think you are, this would be a miserable marriage. – Marge Askinforit by Barry Pain

They are like the old lady who would never permit herself to be cured of her ailments except by gold plated pills. – The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman, M.D.

There was a silver- plated canopy intended to be held over bridal pairs- and a divan on which were placed portraits of Queen Victoria and the late Ranee attended by large dolls or figures presumably representing members of the Sivajee family. – Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers, Countess of Jersey

Mrs. Fischlowitz breathed deep and grasped the nickel- plated door handle. – Every Soul Hath Its Song by Fannie Hurst

Before being bottled the wine reposes for a certain time, is next duly racked and again blended, and is eventually conveyed through silver- plated pipes into oblong reservoirs, each fitted with a dozen syphon- taps, so arranged that directly the bottle slipped on to one of them becomes full the wine ceases to flow. – Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Henry Vizetelly

There came a day, indeed, when only five ungainly objects remained on that line, and even they were completely plated in and needed only a finishing touch. – Space Platform by Murray Leinster

The whip is a hard hide handle, plated with zinc, and armed with a single short broad thong. – First Footsteps in East Africa or, an Exploration of Harar by Richard F. Burton

Here stood my table, cleanly spread, with two plated candlesticks, each holding three candles. – I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

I have had a plated silver one for a year past, now worn through, and experienced what a " comfort" they are. – The Letters of William James, Vol. II by William James

" Never you mind, Silver Heels," said I, tying a plated hook on her line, and covering it with a long silvery strip of skin and pin- feathers from a pullet's neck. – Cardigan by Robert W. Chambers

I'll hand you the gold plated medal for that! – The Cry at Midnight by Mildred A. Wirt

In the flood of industrialism that for the last twenty years has swelled to obliterate landmarks, to bring all the world to the same level of nickel- plated dullness, the theatre in Madrid has been the refuge of lo castizo. – Rosinante to the Road Again by John Dos Passos

Have the bowl three parts full of clean hot water; in this wash all plate and plated articles which are greasy, wiping them before cleaning with the brush. – The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Isabella Beeton

The circular windows were guarded by heavy iron bars, the heavy iron- plated oaken doors groaned upon their hinges, indicating thereby that they were very seldom opened. – The Slaves of the Padishah by Mór Jókai

It should be plated, not silver, and if Susan was not careful, it shouldn't be plated at all. – Miss Mapp by Edward Frederic Benson

Before it had well- stopped, the hospitable door flew open, and the yule fire shone on Mr. Coventry, and his natty groom, and his dog cart with plated axles; it illumined the silver harness, and the roan horse himself, and the breath that poured into the keen air from his nostrils red inside. – Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade

Also"- his voice dropped lower, his hand met her hand, and in the darkness of the hall a little silver- plated revolver was slipped into her palm-" also, take this. – Cleek: the Man of the Forty Faces by Thomas W. Hanshew