'Planing' definitions:

Definition of 'Planing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To efface or remove. [1913 Webster]
  • He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • What student came but that you planed her path. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Planing'

From: GCIDE
  • Planing \Plan"ing\, a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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