Money, silver, prize. He is in for the plate; he has won the KEAT, i.e. is infected with the venereal disorder: a simile drawn from hofse-racing. When the plate fleet comes in; when money comes to hand.
·noun A piece of money, usually silver money. II. Plate ·noun A roundel of silver or tinctured arge...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In marine law, refers to jewels, plate, or treasure, for which freight is due. Thus, plate-ship is a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. ...
·adj Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. ...
·add. ·- A plate prepared by a mechanical process, ·esp. a photomechanical process. II. Process pla...
·add. ·- A fogged plate. ...
·- A plate heated by hot water contained in a double bottom or jacket. ...
·add. ·- A plate the film of which retains its sensitiveness only while wet. The film used in such p...
The face. To alter his dial plate; to disfigure his face. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Fetters. ...
An iron plate bolted to the stem of some vessels for the purpose of supporting the gammoning of the ...
Thick coverings or coatings for ships on the new principle, to render them impervious to shot and sh...
Incorporated 1670. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The point within which iron-plated ships, under concentrated fire, may be damaged. ...