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.

2. To efface or remove.

He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. --Chaucer.

3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.]

What student came but that you planed her path. --Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Planing \Plan"ing\, a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t.

Planing machine.
   (a) See Planer.
   (b) A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards, containing usually a rapidly revolving cutter, which chips off the surface in small shavings as the piece to be planed is passed under it by feeding apparatus.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)