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Seesaw :: Seesaw (n.) A plank or board adjusted for this play.

Cribbing :: Cribbing (n.) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc..

Channel :: Channel (n.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks..

Lagging :: Lagging (n.) Lags, collectively; narrow planks extending from one rib to another in the centering of arches..

Plank :: Plank (n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer..

Copper-fastened :: Copper-fastened (a.) Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship..

Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down planks..

Planching :: Planching (n.) The laying of floors in a building; also, a floor of boards or planks..

Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface..

Tuck :: Tuck (n.) The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams..

Planked :: Planked (imp. & p. p.) of Plan.

Driftpiece :: Driftpiece (n.) An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail..

Wair :: Wair (n.) A piece of plank two yard/ long and a foot broad.

Plank :: Plank (n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board..

Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together..

Bridgeboard :: Bridgeboard (n.) A board or plank used as a bridge.

Sledge :: Sledge (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled..

Paddlewood :: Paddlewood (n.) The light elastic wood of the Aspidosperma excelsum, a tree of Guiana having a fluted trunk readily split into planks..

Ceiling :: Ceiling (v. t.) The inner planking of a vessel.

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