| plank | 1. To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship. "Planked with pine." 2. To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager. 3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting. 4. 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. Origin: Planked; Planking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| planking | 1. The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel. 2. The act of splicing slivers. See Plank. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plankter | Any type of plankton. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plankton | <marine biology> Small (often microscopic) plants and animals floating, drifting or weakly swimming in bodies of fresh or salt water. (31 Dec 1997) |
| planktonic | Relating to plankton;plankton-like. (05 Mar 2000) |