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A lamina; a thin plate or layer (of metal, etc.); a plate of metal used as an astrological instrument or as a charm.
A thin plate, scale, layer, or flake (of metal, etc.).
Hyphenated, with preceding numeral. absol. Material, esp. plywood, composed of the specified number of layers or strands.
Any of the layers of a laminated material or object.