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planish (iou)



planish verb trans. LME.
[Old French planiss- lengthened stem of planir to smooth (mod. aplanir) from plain PLAIN adjective1, PLANE adjective: see -ISH2.]
Make level or smooth; level. rare. LME.
spec. Flatten (sheet metal, a metal object) with a smooth-faced hammer, or by rubbing a flat-ended tool over the surface; flatten and reduce (metal for making coins etc.) to a required thickness by passing between rollers; polish (paper etc.) by means of a roller. L17.
Comb.: planishing hammer a hammer with polished slightly convex faces, used for planishing sheet-metal; planishing roller a roller used in planishing something; esp. (in pl.) the second pair of polished iron rollers between which metal for making coins is passed.
planisher noun (a) a person who planishes something; (b) a tool or instrument used for planishing something: M19.