释义 |
ˈplanishing, vbl. n. [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of the verb planish, in various senses.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 259/2 Planishing, to make it [the metal] smooth [in goldsmith's work]. 1873H. Spencer Stud. Sociol. xi. 271 An artizan practised in ‘planishing’. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 688/2 The old mode of forming the 60 gallon copper, sugar, or soap-kettle was planishing, the parts being subsequently united by brazing. a1900W. B. Slater Let. to Editor, Planishing in silver manufacture is the final hammering given to an article being made, which does not alter the shape but levels the surface. b. attrib. and Comb., as planishing anvil, planishing stake; planishing hammer, a hammer with polished slightly convex faces, used for planishing sheetmetal; planishing roller, a roller used in planishing; esp. in pl., the second pair of rollers, of hardened and polished iron, between which coining-metal is passed to reduce it to the proper thickness.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xxii. (Roxb.) 270/1 He beareth Gules, a Planishing Anvile, Argent... He beareth Azure, three Planishing Hamers, Argent, handles Or. 1815J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 16 Clockmakers, tin-plate workers, and braziers, polish the face of their planishing hammers, by rubbing them upon a soft board, covered with a mixture of oil and finely washed emery. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 860 The plates are passed cold between these [rollers], to bring them to exactly the same thickness; whence they are called adjusting or planishing rollers. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Planishing stake,..a bench stake or small anvil for holding the [copper] plate when under the action of a planishing-hammer. |