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A bed blanket. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zoöl.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythro…

r to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. -- Check book, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. -- Chec…

The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm. A singular, chess, is sometimes used. "Each chess consists of three planks." Farrow.

e, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms. Ray Lankester.

A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustuan the ends of beams.

The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

d last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days. -- Clear stuff, boards, planks, etc., free from knots.

Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.

The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. [Obs.] The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. Chapman.

et of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

ewdness; prostitute. A dame who herself was common. L'Estrange. Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank. -- Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. -- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public…

A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank.

Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

A kind of very coarse woolen blanket.

To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire clotch mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.

A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.

e made. -- Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files. -- Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when…

The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.