Vocabulary : Planispheric to Planning
Planispheric : Of or pertaining to a planisphere.Plank : A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board. ;; Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. ;; One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. ;; To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. ;; To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. ;; To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. ;; To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
Planked : of Plank
Planking : of Plank ;; The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. ;; The act of splicing slivers. See Plank, v. t., 4.
Plank-sheer : The course of plank laid horizontally over the timberheads of a vessel's frame.
