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  • 41end plate — noun : a flat plate or structure at the end of something: as a. : a complex terminal arborization of a motor nerve fiber called also end brush b. : one of the main end timbers of a shaft set in a mine c. : a surface attached approximately… …

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  • 42dorsal plate — Spindle shaped division of carapace in some astacidean decapods (Erymidae) intercalated in median suture; may be related to dorsal organ [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Spindle shaped division of carapace intercalated with median suture in some… …

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  • 43Boiler plate — Boiler Boil er, n. 1. One who boils. [1913 Webster] 2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. [1913 Webster] Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts,… …

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  • 44Raising plate — Raising Rais ing (r[=a]z [i^]ng), n. 1. The act of lifting, setting up, elevating, exalting, producing, or restoring to life. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising.… …

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  • 45Screw plate — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… …

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  • 46dorsal plate — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Mesostigmata, the dorsal plate on the body. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a spindle shaped division of the carapace. 3. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) a. In Buprestidae larva, the plate or disk on the dorsal… …

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  • 47endplate, end-plate — The ending of a motor nerve fiber in relation to a skeletal muscle fiber. motor e. the large and complex end formation by which the axon of a motor …

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  • 48blood plate — Haematoblast H[ae]m a*to*blast ( bl[a^]st ), n. [H[ae]mato + blast.] (Anat.) One of the very minute, disk shaped bodies found in blood with the ordinary red corpuscles and white corpuscles; a third kind of blood corpuscle, supposed by some to be… …

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  • 49Finger plate — Finger Fin ger (f[i^][ng] g[ e]r), n. [AS. finger; akin to D. vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. fang.] 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a… …

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  • 50Silver plate — Silver Sil ver, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. Silver hair. Shak. [1913 Webster] Others, on silver lakes and… …

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