platform

Definitions

1. 1.A place laid out after a model. [Obs.] lf the platform just reflects the order. Pope.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.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.
4. 4.(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 -- Platform scale, a weighing machine, with a flat platform on which objects are weighed.
5. 5.To place on a platform. [R.]
6. 6.To form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a place laid out after a model. [Obs.] lf the platform just reflects the order. Pope called?
• What is to form a plan of; to model; to lay out. [Obs.] Church discipline is platformed in the Bible. Milton called?