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planish, v.|ˈplænɪʃ| [f. obs. F. planiss-, lengthened stem of planir (in Palsgr.) to smooth (F. aplanir), f. plan level, flat: see -ish2.] 1. trans. To make level or smooth; to level.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Esplanade, faire des esplanades, to planish and make euen the way. 1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xv. (1828) I. 497 Then entering the cell, [they] place it at the angles and sides, &c. which they had previously planished. b. spec. To flatten (sheet-metal or metal-ware) on an anvil by blows of a smooth-faced hammer, or by rubbing a flat-ended tool over the surface; to flatten and reduce in thickness; to condense (an engraver's copper-plate, etc.) by hammering; to reduce (coining-metal) to the required thickness by passing between rollers; to polish (paper, etc.) by means of a roller. Cf. planisher, planishing.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 150/2 Planish the Plate, is to beat it on a smooth Anvile, with a broad, smooth faced Hammer. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 725 The silver..is planished, and then scraped on the surface to be fitted on the copper. 1831J. Holland Manuf. Metal I. 333 Saws are manufactured..of iron, which is hammer-hardened, or planished on an anvil. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 688/2 Saw blades are planished to straighten them. Buckling is removed by planishing. †2. To remove by planing, to plane away. Obs.
1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 274 Those thinne shauings which your joyners planish away with their plainers when they shaue their wainscoat. Hence ˈplanished ppl. a.
1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing ii. ⁋2 Neal'd thick Brass..will never come to so good and smooth an Edge as Planish't Brass will. 1819H. Busk Vestriad iv. 156 The even temper of the flowing mass, Had left no speck to blur the planish'd glass. 1884in Century Mag. Dec. 266/2 Planished copper, and enameled iron tubs. |