单词 | platten |
释义 | † plattenv. Obsolete. rare. 1. transitive. To make (something) flat, to flatten. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > make flat or level [verb (transitive)] evenlOE slighta1300 planec1350 complanec1420 levelc1450 dismount1563 planish1580 equalize1596 equal1610 to even out1613 flat1613 flattena1631 complanate1643 platten1688 reconcile1712 range1825 macadamize1826 lay1892 plata1903 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 19/2 Thatchers Termes... Platen the sids down. 2. transitive. Scottish. To rivet or clinch (a nail) by turning down the point. ΚΠ 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Plettin-stane On this stone, the horse's foot was set flat, after the shoe was driven, that the nails might be plattened (rooved), i.e. turned a little over the hoof, to prevent their coming out. 3. transitive. To form (glass, etc.) into a plate. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > glass-making > make glass [verb (transitive)] > specific processes nip1559 scald1662 found1783 deliver1809 frit1832 gather1839 to wet off, up1849 marver1852 platten1875 matt1885 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 1742/1 Plattening Glass, the operation of forming glass into sheets or plates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1688 |
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