fore-planen.
/ˈfɔːpleɪn/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌpleɪn/ (See quot. 1842.)
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1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iv. 61 It is called the Fore Plain because it is used before you come to work either with the Smooth Plain or with the Joynter.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 976 Fore Plane, in carpentry and joinery, the first plane used after the saw or axe.
1847 R. W. Emerson Uses Great Men in Wks. (1906) I. 278 Every carpenter who shaves with a fore-plane borrows the genius of a forgotten inventor.
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n.1678- in fortune's lap
- in fours
- in fours and fours
- in frame
- in frankalmoign
- in frankis stile
- in fraud of
- in fresco
- in friendship
- in front
- in front of
- in front of the sticks
- in front, flank, and rear
- in fruit
- in fruster
- in full
- in full bloom
- in full blow
- in full career
- in full centre
- in full face
- in full feather
- in full fig
- in full flush
- in full force