Planked

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     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.]
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     3. To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
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     4. (Wooden Manuf.) To splice together the ends of slivers of
        wool, for subsequent drawing.
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     {Planked shad}, shad split open, fastened to a plank, and
        roasted before a wood fire.
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