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n.
The lever or beam of a balance; the lever of a platform scale, to which the poise for weighing is applied.
v. t.
To place on a platform.
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A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.
v. i.
A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed; as, the judge's or the grand stand at a race course.
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The Beaks; the stage or platform in the forum where orations, pleadings, funeral harangues, etc., were delivered; -- so called because after the Latin war, it was adorned with the beaks of captured vessels; later, applied also to other platforms erected in Rome for the use of public orators.
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The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate.
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Any small upright face, as of a seat, platform, veranda, or the like.
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A structure or platform of timber, masonry, iron, earth, or other material, built on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, or the like, and usually extending from the shore to deep water, so that vessels may lie close alongside to receive and discharge cargo, passengers, etc.; a quay; a pier.
v. i.
In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast.
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Specifically, a stage or elevated platform for the execution of a criminal; as, to die on the scaffold.
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Hence, a stage for public speaking; the pulpit or platform occupied by an orator or public speaker.
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Originally, a covered porch with seats, at a house door; the Dutch stoep as introduced by the Dutch into New York. Afterward, an out-of-door flight of stairs of from seven to fourteen steps, with platform and parapets, leading to an entrance door some distance above the street; the French perron. Hence, any porch, platform, entrance stairway, or small veranda, at a house door.
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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.
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A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales.
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A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
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The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
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A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.
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A top; a platform at a masthead; -- so called because formerly round in shape.
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One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
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A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
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