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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In carpentry, a plane about 18 inches long used by joiners for coarse work. See plane.

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  • noun A general-purpose bench plane, used for general sizing of wood and for smoothing or straightening edges.

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  • noun a carpenter's plane for rough finishing

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