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plan·ish Audio Help (plān'ĭsh) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. plan·ished, plan·ish·ing, plan·ish·es
To smooth (metal) by rolling or hammering.

[Middle English *planishen, from Old French planir, planiss-, to make smooth, from plan, level, from Latin plānus; see pelə-² in Indo-European roots.]

plan'ish·er n.

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Planishing

Plan"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planished; p. pr. & vb. n. Planishing.] [OF. planir, F. planer. See Plane, v., and -ish.] To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer.

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