planer

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He was running what is called a planer, a machine for trimming pieces of cold metal just from the foundry or the casting room.

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  1. noun One that planes, especially a machine tool that is used to smooth or finish the surfaces of wood or metal.
  2. noun Printing A smooth block of wood used to level a form of type.

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  • Best bets are nightcrawlers or Rapalas trolled on a side planer, or white tube jigs and silver spinners cast near shore. —  Local News
  • The battery driven electric planer is started by pressing the pressure sensitive safety bar under the handle together with the start button. —  Yanko Design
  • A 911 "no - planer" is someone who believes in the "no - plane theory" [NPT] for the events of 911. —  Mises Dailies
  • A 911 "no - planer" is someone who believes in the "no - plane theory" [NPT] for the events of 911. that no planes crashed in to WTC1, WTC2, the Pentagon, —  Mises Dailies
  • Steel stock passed through a frame planer (where additional surface treatment was applied), then through initial welding stages, sub-assembly and fitting through to final welding and outfitting. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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/ˈpleɪnər/
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