Plank
[plæŋk]
Definition
(noun.) an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party.
(verb.) cook and serve on a plank; 'Planked vegetable'; 'Planked shad'.
(verb.) cover with planks; 'The streets were planked'.
(verb.) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; 'He planked the money on the table'; 'He planked himself into the sofa'.
Checker: Vivian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
(n.) Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
(n.) One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
(v. t.) To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
(v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
(v. t.) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
(v. t.) To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
Typist: Margery
Definition
n. a long piece of timber thicker than a board: one of the principles or aims of an associated party.—v.t. to cover with planks.—n. Plank′ing the act of laying planks: a series of planks: work made up of planks.—Walk the plank to be compelled to walk along a plank projecting over the ship's edge into the sea.
Checker: Presley
Unserious Contents or Definition
For a young woman to dream that she is walking across muddy water on a rotten plank, denotes that she will feel keenly the indifference shown her by one she loves, or other troubles may arise; or her defence of honor may be in danger of collapse. Walking a good, sound plank, is a good omen, but a person will have to be unusually careful in conduct after such a dream.
Inputed by Leonard
Examples
- This was the speediest way to reinforce Warren who was confronting the enemy on both the Orange plank and turnpike roads. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Anselmo found Robert Jordan sitting at the plank table inside the cave with Pablo opposite him. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This was followed by the plank leading from a lower to a higher level, by the ladder, and finally by the stairway. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Caroline, without pausing, trod forward on the trembling plank as if it were a continuation of the firm turf. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You want 'em,' said Riderhood, making towards the schoolmaster by his plank bridge. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Hancock moved by the left of the Orange Plank Road, and Wadsworth by the right of it. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Upon this wall a sill should be laid which had best be constructed of 2×10 inch plank. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Again I rose; and, exerting all the firmness of which I was master, removed the planks which I had placed before my hovel to conceal my retreat. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I could go on diving, of course--not much, though--and not much use--' He moved away barefoot, on the planks of the platform. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- One Norwegian long defended it by his single arm, and was at length pierced with a spear thrust through the planks of the bridge from a boat beneath. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- There were planks wide enough for a man to walk on conveniently, running along the sides of each boat from end to end. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But my nerveless hands can neither fell the trees, nor smooth the planks. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Will the dormitory-planks sustain my tread untraitorous? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The trunks were hauled to the mills and sawed into planks of suitable thickness by gang-saws. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The faithful Gurth indeed sprung forward on the planked bridge, to warn Cedric of his impending fate, or to share it with him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week's work. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in the hope of finding them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I already knew that the papers were probably in the room, but I had no desire to rip up all the planking and skirting in search of them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our feet creaked and crackled over the bare planking, and my outstretched hand touched a wall from which the paper was hanging in ribbons. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Sean