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noun. A piece of lumber cut thicker than a board.

noun. Such pieces of lumber considered as a group; planking.

noun. A foundation; a support.

noun. One of the articles of a political platform.

transitive verb. To furnish or cover with planks.

transitive verb. To bake or broil and serve (fish or meat) on a plank.

transitive verb. To put or set down emphatically or with force.

noun. A piece of timber differing from a board in having greater thickness; also, loosely, a board. See board.

noun. A slab (of stone).

noun. In a printing-press, the frame on which the carriage slides.

noun. In ribbon-weaving, the batten of the Dutch engine-loom or swivel-loom.

noun. Figuratively, one of the articles or paragraphs formulating distinct principles which form the program or platform of a political or other party (the word platform being taken in a double sense).

To cover or lay with planks: as, to plank a floor.

To lay or place as on a plank or table: as, he planked down the money.

In hat-manuf., to harden by felting. See planking

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To unite, as slivers of wool, to form roving.

To split, as fish, and cook upon a board. See the quotation.

transitive verb. To cover or lay with planks.

transitive verb. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.

transitive verb. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

transitive verb. To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

transitive verb. shad split open, fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire.

noun. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See board.

noun. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.

noun. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause.

noun. a road surface formed of planks.

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noun. 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.

noun. A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.

noun. A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.

noun. Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.

noun. A stupid person.

verb. To cover something with planking.

verb. To bake (fish) on a piece of cedar lumber.

verb. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.

verb. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

verb. To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

verb. To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.

noun. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

verb. cook and serve on a plank

verb. cover with planks

noun. an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

verb. set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

"Georgia Tech wins in a cakewalk; UGA nearly walks the plank is the next entry in this blog."

plank way of the wood  walking the plank  

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cover  dish  dish out  dish up  place down  

Blanc  Franck  Frank  Hank  Montblanc  

bark  beam  block  board  bough  

Mystik tape  Scotch tape  adhesive tape  band  bandage  

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