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plated, a.|ˈpleɪtɪd|
[f. plate n. or v. + -ed.]
1. a. Overlaid, covered, or strengthened with a plate or plates of metal for ornament or defence; (of persons) wearing plate-armour; (of ships, trains, etc.) protected by armour-plate.
1483Cath. Angl. 283/1 Plated (A. Playted), squamatus. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 9 Like plated cote of steele, so couched neare That nought mote perce. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 516 Where he lieth buried under a fair plated stone in the Chancel. 1671Milton Samson 139 Old Warriors turn'd Thir plated backs under his heel. 1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1807) IV. 117 They laid his remains in a plated coffin. 1870Standard 19 Dec., A plated locomotive went along the railway as far as that place to-day. 1874Boutell Arms & Arm. vii. 109.
b. transf. of animals, etc.: Having a defensive covering of scales or bony plates.
1562T. Phaer æneid. viii. Bb iij, Wt serpent skales beset, & fyne wt gold Were dragons drawen in wrethes, and poolisht pure in plated fold. 1837M. Donovan Dom. Econ. II. 67 The Pangolin..is a kind of ant-eater,..plated over with bright sharp scales, shaped like a muscle-shell.
c. Surg. Of a fracture: see plate v. 1 b.
1916E. W. H. Groves Mod. Methods Treating Fractures vi. 198 In so many plated fractures removal of the plates and screws is required. 1959A. G. Apsley Syst. Orthopædics & Fractures xxi. 256 If..a patient walks with a recently plated tibia unprotected by plaster, the plate will break.
2. a. Covered or overlaid with a thin film of gold or silver. Also used with reference to metals other than gold and silver; plated wire, a wire of a non-magnetic metal such as copper having a thin coating of a magnetic alloy, used as an element in some computer memories. Cf. chromium-plated ppl. adj. s.v. chromium 2.
1686tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 8 Pieces of Five Sous..which were only Copper plated over. 1781H. Newdigate Let. 8 Oct. in A. E. Newdigate-Newdegate Cheverels (1898) iii. 42 All were well pleas'd to find we were only ten miles from Sheffield... We got there..and saw the Plated Manufactory through all its branches. 1789E. Sheridan Jrnl. (1960) 182 The plated candlesticks will also be very useful to us. 1798Hull Advertiser 4 Aug. 2/2 A neat light gig, with plated harness. 1874Blackie Self-Cult. 65 Plated work will never stand the tear and wear of life like the genuine metal. 1881Athenæum 17 Dec. 822/3 The objects found consist of..several plated [mispr. plateal] brass coins, mostly effaced. 1899J. W. Urquhart Electro-Plating (ed. 4) 222 The advantages of a thick deposit of nickel are that it can be manipulated by the polisher with confidence and the ‘life’ of the plated article is..greatly increased. 1931E. F. Benson Mapp & Lucia viii. 205 A magenta carpet and a nickel-plated mantelpiece. 1960T. R. Long in Jrnl. Appl. Physics XXXI. Suppl. 124S/2 After rinsing the plated wire, it is passed through a mercury ground contact and then through small testing coils. These coils..allow a continuous monitor of the nondestructive readout signal. 1967Times Rev. Industry Feb. 104/2 (Advt.), UNIVAC 9000 Series computers utilize a plated-wire memory, basically a thin film electroplated on an extremely fine wire. 1967Engineering 24 Feb. 306/3 Plated plastics parts can replace metal components in many domestic, industrial and automobile applications. 1976M. Wells Computing Systems Hardware ii. 49 Plated wire stores are substantially faster than ferrite core stores of the same capacity.
b. Having an outer surface or nap of finer material than the body. Also, produced by plating (sense 1 h).
1846McCulloch Acc. Brit. Empire (1854) I. 763 Plated hats..Stuff ditto..Silk ditto..Wool felts. 1882Beck Draper's Dict. s.v., A plated hat was one in which the body was of lamb's-wool, and the plate, or nap, of musquash or neutria; and plated hosiery stockings had an outside face of silk upon a ground of cotton. c1890American Mail Order Fashions (1961) 12 Ladies' Outsize Plated Silk Hose, black,..1.50. 1926J. Chamberlain Hosiery, Yarns & Fabrics vi. 131 Innumerable colour designs are produced on a plated principle on plain and rib fabrics. 1963A. J. Hall Textile Sci. iii. 152 Thus using cotton and wool yarns it can be arranged that the front of the fabric appears to be made of cotton with the back made of wool. Such fabrics are known as plated fabrics. 1968J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 245 A knitted fabric which has a different kind of yarn as the face and back, is said to be plated.
3. Consisting of, beaten or rolled into plates.
a1674Milton Hist. Mosc. v. Wks. 1851 VIII. 516 A great Chain of plated Gold about his Neck. 1790Keir in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 367 Cutting out the rolled plated metal into pieces of the required forms and sizes. 1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 19 Fragments [Slaty Alum] Trapezoidal, or plated.
4. Applied as a thin coating on another material.
1925Rep. Progr. Appl. Chem. X. 301 Piersol finds plated chromium superior to any other metal for reflectors. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. IV. 533/1 The thickness of a plated coating is the most important factor in its protective value.
5. In which food is ready-served on a plate.
1970Drive Spring 43/1 Plated service means that your meal arrives complete, on the plate. Semi-plated service is when the principal component of the meal arrives on the plate; vegetables are served from silver dishes. 1976Liverpool Echo 23 Nov. 10/6 Some patients at Clatterbridge Hospital enjoy a plated meals service which gives them advance choice of menu and portion size. 1977Lancet 16 July 130/1 Plated meals were packed in charcoal heated containers and dispatched at 11 a.m.
6. Of a goods vehicle: see plate v. 10.
1976Liverpool Echo 22 Nov. 11/4 (Advt.), Two Leyland Boxer Vans, plated,..M.O.T. until February 1977. 1977Horse & Hound 14 Jan. 44/2 (Advt.), Bedford T.K. petrol, 2/3 horses, good box, very reliable, plated till January 1977. 1978Taxi 16 Feb. 19/1 (Advt.), For Sale: ‘J’ reg. auto. Just rebored. Excellent condition, plated till July. 1980Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 2 (Advt.), It's a big truck all right. But its plated weight is only 7·38 tons GVW. |