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planing |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plane \Plane\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planed}; p. pr & vb n. {Planing}.] [Cf. F. planer, L. planare, fr planus. See {Plane}, a., {Plain}, a., and cf {Planish}.] 1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of the surface of as of a board or other piece of wood, by the use of a plane; as to plane a plank. 2. To efface or remove. He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. --Chaucer. 3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.] What student came but that you planed her path. --Tennyson. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Planing \Plan"ing\, a. & vb n. fr {Plane}, v. t. {Planing machine}. a See {Planer}. b A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards, containing usually a rapidly revolving cutter, which chips off the surface in small shavings as the piece to be planed is passed under it by feeding apparatus.
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