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Plank

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.


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Re: Theories - Origin of Life

... a minute don’t all these previous systems have purpose, and function and direction, all the attributes of design. But common decent is a major plank in Darwinian theory. Yes? So really it is design all the way back right to the very beginning is it not? Now could you please explain to me, an ...

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by scottie
Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:15 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Theories - Origin of Life
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Who did we evolve from?

Yes, you are correct. There ISN"T going to be an extant "missing link". Otherwise it would be very easy to discover this missing plank in the whole matter. Yes where is the supportive evidence where are the transitionary proof?

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by Linn
Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:26 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Who did we evolve from?
Replies: 157
Views: 60119

Who did we evolve from?

Yes, you are correct. There ISN"T going to be an extant "missing link". Otherwise it would be very easy to discover this missing plank in the whole matter.

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by b_d_41501
Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Who did we evolve from?
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Views: 60119


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