Available Definitions:
1) n. - A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board .
2) n. - Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
3) n. - One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
4) v. t. - To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
5) v. t. - To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
6) v. t. - To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
7) v. t. - To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.