Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..
Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..
Plank :: Plank (n.) One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform..
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship..
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager..
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting..
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing..
Plank-sheer :: Plank-sheer (n.) The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.
Planking :: Planking (n.) The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel..
Planking :: Planking (n.) The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4..