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Planer

 [pley-ner]  

plan·er

   [pley-ner]
noun
1.
Carpentry. a power machine for removing the rough or excess surface from a board.
2.
Metalworking. a machine for cutting flat surfaces, having a cutting tool supported by an overhead frame beneath which the work slides back and forth. Compare shaper (def. 2).
3.
Typesetting. a block of smooth, hard wood for leveling the type in a chase by tapping with a mallet.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see plane2, -er1
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planer (ˈpleɪnə)
 
—n
1.  a machine with a cutting tool that makes repeated horizontal strokes across the surface of a workpiece: used to cut flat surfaces into metal
2.  a machine for planing wood, esp one in which the cutting blades are mounted on a rotating drum
3.  printing a flat piece of wood used to level type in a chase
4.  any person or thing that planes

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