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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 720 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLANK  , a

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flat piece of
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timber, sawn and planed; it is technically distinguished from a "
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board " by its greater thickness, and should measure from 2 to 4 in. in thickness and from 10 to 11 in . in width . The word comes through the Fr.
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planche (from
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post-Augustan,
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Lat.
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planets, a nasalized
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adaptation probably of Gr . 7XaE, something flat, especially a flat
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stone . The use of the word " plank " in the sense of an
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article in a
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political
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programme is of
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American origin and is due to the use of "
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platform " for the programme itself .

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