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noun
Planer  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.
2.
(Print.) A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even.
Planer centers. See under Center.





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"Planer" Quotes from Famous Books



... a cab quick. It was Rue de la Huchette where you said your midwife lives, wasn't it? opposite a copper planer's? Haven't ...
— Germinie Lacerteux • Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
... present in the mines. The flyings of the cotton mill do not explode, but flame passes through them with a rapidity almost instantaneous, yet not sufficient to exert the pressure which explodes; the dust of the wood planer and sawer only as yet makes sudden puffs without detonating force. Naphtha vapor and benzine vapor are getting into all places. One of the latest introductions is naphtha extracting oil from linseed, and then volatilized by steam superheated to 400 ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 288 - July 9, 1881 • Various
... "We shall have a bigger one by and by," he said. "The only thing I'm proud of is the planer, and she cost me a pile of dollars. I had to cut down all round before I could buy the thing, and then I pulled her all to pieces, and fixed ...
— Alton of Somasco • Harold Bindloss


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