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flattener|ˈflæt(ə)nə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who flattens; something used for flattening.
1741[see flatter n.2 1]. 1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. IV. xvi. vi. 329 There followed a dryness between the divine Emilie and the Flattener of the Earth [i.e. Maupertuis, from his having proved the flattening of the earth at the poles.] 1875Plain Needle-work 14 An old tooth brush handle, which..might be called the ‘flattener’. 1879J. Paton in Encycl. Brit. X. 661/2 The flattener, with a piece of charred wood, rubs it [the opened cylinder of glass] quite smooth. |