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Poem :: Poem (n.) A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton..

Plancher :: Plancher (n.) A floor of wood; also, a plank..

Slinky :: Slinky (a.) Thin; lank.

Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) A passage or way into or out of any inclosed place; esp., a temporary way of access formed of planks..

Pylon :: Pylon (n.) An Egyptian gateway to a large building (with or without flanking towers).

Poling :: Poling (n.) One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc..

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

Pan :: Pan (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

Lapping :: Lapping (n.) A kind of machine blanket or wrapping material used by calico printers.

Wich :: Wich (n.) A narrow port or passage in the rink or course, flanked by the stones of previous players..

Rule :: Rule (n.) To mark with lines made with a pen, pencil, etc., guided by a rule or ruler; to print or mark with lines by means of a rule or other contrivance effecting a similar result; as, to rule a sheet of paper of a blank book..

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

Skirmisher :: Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column..

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.

Strouding :: Stroud (n.) A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians.

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..

Lunette :: Lunette (n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion..

Lank :: Lank (v. i. & t.) To become lank; to make lank.

Planking :: Planking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Plan.

Fat :: Fat (n.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor..

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