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Plitt vs Platt - What's the difference?

plitt | platt |

As nouns the difference between plitt and platt

is that plitt is an instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia while platt is obsolete spelling of lang=en or plot scheme, plan, design, map.

As a proper noun Platt is

plattdeutsch, Low German.

plitt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instrument of punishment resembling the knout, formerly used in Russia.
  • * 1846 , Charles Frederick Henningsen, Revelations of Russia in 1846
    • Not a few of these carry with them the germ of inevitable death, their frames being enfeebled, and their constitutions broken by having undergone the cruel sentence of the plitt .

    platt

    English

    Etymology 1

    From Early Modern English platte, a variation (probably dialectal) of ; see (m) and (m) for more.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
  • * 1794 July 30, minutes of the Executive council of Georgia, published in Minutes of the Executive council, from January 14, 1778, to January 6, 1785 (1908), page 684:
    • 3rdly That it also be recommended to all persons concerned to have their platts passed through the Surveyor Generals Office, and, in all respects, ready for the grant, in case they shall be entitled to the same, by the said 10th of September.
  • * (seemoreCites)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), whence also plait; see (m).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • .
    • straw platt
  • * a record, quoted in The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography (1931):
    • The versatility of his craftsmanship is likewise evidenced by the inventory which included "8½ Doz. Walking Sticks & Rodds" and "3½ Doz. Straw Hatts, some platt &c." His name appears in several account books of early Philadelphians, in 1751,
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