資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Plasmon butter \Plasmon butter\, and resembles clotted cream in
   appearance. Plate \Plate\, n.
   1. (Baseball) A small five-sided area (enveloping a
      diamond-shaped area one foot square) beside which the
      batter stands and which must be touched by some part of a
      player on completing a run; -- called also {home base}, or
      {home plate}.

   2. One of the thin parts of the bricket of an animal.

   3. A very light steel racing horsehoe.

   4. Loosely, a sporting contest for a prize; specif., in horse
      racing, a race for a prize, the contestants not making a
      stake.

   5. Skins for fur linings of garments, sewed together and
      roughly shaped, but not finally cut or fitted. [Furrier's
      Cant]

   6. (Hat Making) The fine nap (as of beaver, hare's wool,
      musquash, nutria, or English black wool) on a hat the body
      of which is of an inferior substance.