Definition of plank

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Plank (v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing..

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Flitch :: Flitch (n.) One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam..
Stealing :: Stealer (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which stops short of the stem or stern.
Weatherboard :: Weatherboard (n.) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water..
Straight-lined :: Straight-joint (a.) In the United States, applied to planking or flooring put together without the tongue and groove, the pieces being laid edge to edge..
Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting..
Spike :: Spike (v. t.) To fasten with spikes, or long, large nails; as, to spike down 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..
Planked :: Planked (imp. & p. p.) of Plan.
Plancher :: Plancher (v. t.) To form of planks.
Chesses :: Chesses (n. pl.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge..
Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams..
Planch :: Planch (v. t.) To make or cover with planks or boards; to plank.
Spirling :: Spirketing (n.) The planking from the waterways up to the port sills.
Calk :: Calk (v. t.) To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch..
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..
Hood :: Hood (n.) The endmost plank of a strake which reaches the stem or stern.
Doorstep :: Doorstep (n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.
Setbolt :: Setbolt (n.) An iron pin, or bolt, for fitting planks closely together..
Plough :: Plough (n.) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board; especially, a rectangular groove to receive the end of a shelf or tread, the edge of a panel, a tongue, etc..
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