1842 Metropolitan Feb. 61 This drawn picture (as it were) being in relief, the new electro-plate will be in intaglio, or with indentations corresponding with the projections of the composition.

1844 Penny Mag. 13 417 (title) A day at an electro-plate factory.

1852 Littell's Living Age 4 Dec. 449/2 Knowing his metal to be genuine, he never needs to cover it with the electro-plate of self-assertion.

1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice xxviii. 149 This is an age of stucco and electroplate.

1923 Manch. Guardian Weekly 10 Aug. 106/1 His end-of-term rose-bowl was only electro plate instead of the solid silver which he had stipulated.

1961 S. E. Skawonius in E. Zahle Treasury Scand. Design 69 For those who could not afford silver, electroplate was formerly the most usual substitute both in cutlery and dishes.

1991 Discover Mar. 11 (advt.) Aglow in the mystical brilliance of 24 karat gold electroplate.

2001 This Old House Apr. 120/2 Make sure galvanized nails are hot-dipped; electroplate galvanizing is too thin.

2003 M. Belson On the Press v. 143 They were responsible for the imposition of the stereo plates and electroplates (later Dycril and plastic plates) on to honeycomb bases.

1953 Jrnl. Physiol. 122 4P (heading) The discharge of individual electroplates in Raia clavata.

1970 Ann. Rev. Physiol. 32 474 The terms electroplaque(s), or what I find less satisfactory, electroplax(es) and electroplate(s), were originally used to describe generating cells that were markedly flattened. In some weakly electric fish the generating cells may be drum-shaped to tubular.

2002 Brain Res. Bull. 57 134/2 Numerous studies of this receptor facilitated by its presence in large amounts in the torpedo electroplate were carried out.

1843 G. Gwynne & G. F. Wilson Brit. Patent 9944 (1856) 10 The lamps used for burning oils..should be made of or covered with a material not acted upon by fatty acids; electro-plating the interior of the lamp appears..to be the best means.

1844 Art Union 1 Dec. 348/1 Electro-plating with silver is in every respect superior to the old method of silvering.

1859 J. Timbs Year-bk. of Facts 160 He electro-plates the copper wire by causing it..to pass continously through a silvering bath.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xli. 808 Nickel ammonium sulphate..is used in electro-plating with nickel.

1935 M. R. Anand Untouchable 81 He went along a row of stalls where cheap, nickel jewellery was being electro-plated.

1967 Times 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.

1989 P. Horowitz & W. Hill Art of Electronics (ed. 2) xii. 834/1 The next step in board manufacture is to electroplate the edge-connector fingers with gold.

1999 C. Mendelson Home Comforts xlv. 554/2 Silver plate is made of a base metal, such as copper or brass, electroplated with a thin silver coating.