planish verb trans. ['planɪʃ] LME.[Old French planiss- lengthened stem of planir to smooth (mod. aplanir) from plain PLAIN adjective1, PLANE adjective: see -ISH2.]1. Make level or smooth; level.
rare.
LME.2. 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:
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