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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Plane \Plane\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Planed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Planing}.] [Cf. F. planer, L. planare, fr. planus. See
{Plane}, a., {Plain}, a., and cf. {Planish}.]
1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of
the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by
the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.
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2. To efface or remove.
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He planed away the names . . . written on his
tables. --Chaucer.
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3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.]
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What student came but that you planed her path.
--Tennyson.
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