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planking |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plank \Plank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planked}; p. pr & vb n. {Planking}.] 1. To cover or lay with planks; as to plank a floor or a ship. ``Planked with pine.'' --Dryden. 2. To lay down as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as to plank money in a wager. [Colloq. U.S.] 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. {Planked shad}, shad split open fastened to a plank, and roasted before a wood fire. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Planking \Plank"ing\, n. 1. The act of laying planks; also planks, collectively; a series of planks in place as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. 2. The act of splicing slivers. See {Plank}, v. t., 4. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: planking n : the work of covering an area with planks
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