\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.