Found 3 items, similar to Plank.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: plank
plank
n 1: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of
sizes and used for many purposes [syn:
board]
2: an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
plank
v 1: cover with planks;
“The streets were planked” [syn:
plank over
]
2: set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
“He planked the money on the table”;
“He planked himself
into the sofa” [syn:
flump,
plonk,
plop,
plunk,
plump down
,
plunk down,
plump]
3: cook and serve on a plank;
“Planked vegetable”;
“Planked
shad”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Plank
Plank
\Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Planked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Planking.]
1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a
ship.
“Planked with pine.” --Dryden.
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2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash;
as, to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.]
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3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
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4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of
wool, for subsequent drawing.
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Planked shad, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and
roasted before a wood fire.
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Plank
\Plank\, n. [OE. planke, OF. planque, planche, F. planche,
fr. L. planca; cf. Gr. ?, ?, anything flat and broad. Cf.
Planch.]
1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only
in being thicker. See
Board.
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2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a
swimmer.
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His charity is a better plank than the faith of an
intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. --Southey.
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3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the
principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the
national platform. [Cant]
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Plank road, or
Plank way, a road surface formed of
planks. [U.S.]
To walk the plank, to walk along a plank laid across the
bulwark of a ship, until one overbalances it and falls
into the sea; -- a method of disposing of captives
practiced by pirates.
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