The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ling sil-verwork: noting a certain class of architecturalenrichments. Font. plate-roller (platrol&r), n. A smooth rollerfor TiKiking plate- or sheet-iron. plate-shears (plutsherz), ». sinfl. and pi. Aniacliinc for cutting or shearing plate- or sheet-metal, such as boiler-plate. Platessa (pla-tesii), «. [ < theplaice: Heepltiicc.] A genus of flatfishes of thofamily IIcnrimectidie. haug as its type platessa: same as VIenron
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . ling sil-verwork: noting a certain class of architecturalenrichments. Font. plate-roller (platrol&r), n. A smooth rollerfor TiKiking plate- or sheet-iron. plate-shears (plutsherz), ». sinfl. and pi. Aniacliinc for cutting or shearing plate- or sheet-metal, such as boiler-plate. Platessa (pla-tesii), «. [ < theplaice: Heepltiicc.] A genus of flatfishes of thofamily IIcnrimectidie. haug as its type platessa: same as in astrict sense. See cuts under jj/nice and asijm-niilnj. platessiform (pla-tesi-f6rm), a. [< ,the plaice, + forma, form.] In iehlli., resem-bling the plaice in form or structure; related tothe plaice or flounder. plate-tracery (plattrasfer-i), «. In medievalanil., a form of tracery in which the openingsare cut or pierced in slabs of stone, as distin-guished from ordinary tracery, which is con-structed of assembled blocks. This fonii appearedearly in the transition from the round-arched tu tlie point-. Plate-tmccry.— Head of a winilow. Cathedral of Chartres,France; nth century, ed style, and was often employed in subaetjiient where stone of the necessary formation andtouRhness was available. It was particularly esteemed inItaly, where the excellent Imilding-maibles, in additionto tlleir mechanical flttiess, supplied a medium adapteilfor delicacy of outline and protlle, and lending itself tohit,li decorative quality in such tracery. platetrope (plate-trop), «. [< Gr. 7r;inri?, flat,+ -/ifTfd, turn.] A part symmetrically relatedto another on the opposite side of the meson ;a lateral horaologue; a fellow of the oppositeside, iniiler. platetropy (plate-tr6-pi), )i. [< platetrope +-//?.] Tue state or condition of being laterallyhomologous; bilaterality; bilateral symmetry;reverseil repetition of parts or organs on eachsid
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