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Definition of Planish
1. v. t. To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer.
Definition of Planish
1. Verb. To repeatedly hammer (a sheet of metal) so as to shape and smooth it or create a decorative indented finish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Planish
1. to toughen and smooth by hammering lightly [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Planish
Literary usage of Planish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comparison of an Eight-hour Plant and a Ten-hour Plant by Josephine Clara Goldmark, Mary Della Hopkins (1920)
"Tho most characteristic instance of heavy handwork at the 10- hour plant is tho
operation called planish seat (chart 10) which files and smooths tho bottom ..."
2. A Manual of Useful Knowledge: Being a Collection of Valuable Miscellaneous by William Pybus (1810)
"Then rub the inside with chalk and water, so that the tin comes clean, planish
and smooth it hard, so as to bring it to a gloss ..."
3. Manual Training Magazine (1914)
"When the spoon is forged roughly to shape, trim it with the shears and file, then
planish and polish as described above. The fifth and last method of making ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"planish, ».—To cover with things untidily or in disorder. They've every table a'most
... Mow you planish that table about! Perhaps the same word as Plenish. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"planish, f.—To cover with things untidily or in disorder. ... How you planish
that table about ! Perhaps the same word as Plenish. PLANTIN', or PLANTING, s. ..."
6. Comparison of an Eight-hour Plant and a Ten-hour Plant by Josephine Clara Goldmark, Mary Della Hopkins (1920)
"Tho most characteristic instance of heavy handwork at the 10- hour plant is tho
operation called planish seat (chart 10) which files and smooths tho bottom ..."
7. A Manual of Useful Knowledge: Being a Collection of Valuable Miscellaneous by William Pybus (1810)
"Then rub the inside with chalk and water, so that the tin comes clean, planish
and smooth it hard, so as to bring it to a gloss ..."
8. Manual Training Magazine (1914)
"When the spoon is forged roughly to shape, trim it with the shears and file, then
planish and polish as described above. The fifth and last method of making ..."
9. Publications by English Dialect Society (1887)
"planish, ».—To cover with things untidily or in disorder. They've every table a'most
... Mow you planish that table about! Perhaps the same word as Plenish. ..."
10. A Glossary of Words Used in South-west Lincolnshire: (Wapentake of Graffoe) by Robert Eden George Cole (1886)
"planish, f.—To cover with things untidily or in disorder. ... How you planish
that table about ! Perhaps the same word as Plenish. PLANTIN', or PLANTING, s. ..."
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