| Plank |
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board. |
n. |
| Plank |
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer. |
n. |
| Plank |
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform. |
n. |
| Plank |
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. |
v. t. |
| Plank |
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. |
v. t. |
| Plank |
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. |
v. t. |
| Plank |
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing. |
v. t. |
| Sheer |
Bright; clear; pure; unmixed. |
v. i. |
| Sheer |
Very thin or transparent; -- applied to fabrics; as, sheer muslin. |
v. i. |
| Sheer |
Being only what it seems to be; obvious; simple; mere; downright; as, sheer folly; sheer nonsense. |
v. i. |
| Sheer |
Stright up and down; vertical; prpendicular. |
v. i. |
| Sheer |
Clean; quite; at once. |
adv. |
| Sheer |
To shear. |
v. t. |
| Sheer |
To decline or deviate from the line of the proper course; to turn aside; to swerve; as, a ship sheers from her course; a horse sheers at a bicycle. |
v. i. |
| Sheer |
The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. |
n. |
| Sheer |
The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. |
n. |
| Sheer |
A turn or change in a course. |
n. |
| Sheer |
Shears See Shear. |
n. |