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  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. 




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