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PLANKING
planking
(noun) the work of covering an area with planks
planking
(noun) (nautical) a covering or flooring constructed of planks (as on a ship)
planking
(noun) planks collectively; a quantity of planks
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
planking (countable and uncountable, plural plankings)
A series of planks; a group of planks.
The practice of lying face down with arms to the sides, in unusual public spaces, and taking photographs to record the act.
Verb
planking
present participle of plank
Source: Wiktionary
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.
PLANK
Plank, n. Etym: [OE. planke, OF. planque, planche, F. planche, fr. L. planca; cf. Gr. Planch.]
1. A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
2. Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot. Southey.
3. One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. [Cant] Plank road, or Plank way, a road surface formed of planks. [U.S.] -- To walk the plank, 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.
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.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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