Plat"form` , v. t. 1. To
place on a platform. [R.]
2. To form a plan of; to model;
to lay out. [Obs.]
Church discipline is platformed in the Bible.
Milton.
Plat"form` (?), n.
[Plat, a. + -form: cf. F.
plateforme.]
1. A plat; a plan;
a sketch; a
model; a pattern. Used also
figuratively. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. A place laid out after a model. [Obs.]
lf the platform just reflects the order.
Pope. 3. Any flat or horizontal surface; especially, one that is raised above some particular level, as a framework of timber or boards horizontally joined so as to form a roof, or a raised floor, or portion of a
floor; a landing; a dais; a stage,
for speakers, performers, or
workmen; a standing place.
4. A declaration of the principles upon which a
person, a sect, or a party proposes to stand; a declared policy or system; as, the Saybrook platform;
a political platform. "The platform of Geneva." Hooker.
5. (Naut.) A light deck, usually placed in a section
of the hold
or over the
floor of the magazine. See Orlop.
Platform car,
a railway car without permanent raised sides or covering; a f&?;at. -- Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are
weighed.
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