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PLANER

\plˈe͡ɪnə], \plˈe‍ɪnə], \p_l_ˈeɪ_n_ə]\

Definitions of PLANER

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A machine for smoothing the surface of wood or metal.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A tool to smooth or plane.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

In printing, a flat piece of wood used by the compositor to make the surface of the type in the form quite level.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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