PLANK  , a See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat piece of See also:

• TIMBER

timber, sawn and planed; it is technically distinguished from a " See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

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. See also:

• PLANCHE, JEAN BAPTISTE GUSTAVE (1808–1857)

planche (from See also:

• POST

post-Augustan, See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• PLANETS, MINOR

planets, a nasalized See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation probably of Gr . 7XaE, something flat, especially a flat See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . The use of the word " plank " in the sense of an See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article in a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme is of See also:

• AMERICAN

American origin and is due to the use of " See also:

• PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform " for the programme itself .