planish

Apr. 1st, 2025 07:51 am
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planish (PLAN-ish) - v., to repeatedly hammer (thin metal) to shape and smooth it or to create a decorative indented finish; to pass (metal or paper) through rollers to give it a smooth finish.


diagram of a planishing hammer hitting metal and the planishing stake underneath
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The ultimate root here is (via Old French) Latin planus, flat, which also gave us both plain (as in flat land) and plan (as in flat diagram).

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