planish

[ plan-ish ]

verb (used with object)

1. to give a smooth finish to (metal) by striking lightly with a smoothly faced hammer or die.
2. to give a smooth finish to (metal, paper, etc.) by passing through rolls.

planish

/ ˈplænɪʃ /

verb

1. tr to give a final finish to (metal) by hammering or rolling to produce a smooth surface

Derived Forms

• ˈplanisher, noun

Other Words From

• planish·er noun
• un·planished adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of planish¹

1350–1400; Middle English planyssyng (gerund) < Old French planiss-, long stem of planir to smooth, derivative of plan level < Latin plānus plain ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of planish¹

C16: from Old French planir to smooth out, from Latin plānus flat, plain ¹

Example Sentences

In Gideon Planish, his 18th novel, the Nobel Prizewinner has the old shillelagh out and cracks it on the skulls of the "organizators" and "philanthrobbers" who man the huge U.S. industry of fundraising.

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Little Gid Planish, aged ten, dreams of being something "rotund and oratorical."

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But Peony Planish keeps him in the field of big-league ballyhoo while she meets "honeybee" Gideon's best friend at the dreary Hex Hotel.

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How Gideon Planish gets as far as he does is a commentary on U.S. middle-class culture, but how Colonel Marduc managed to amass his pre-eminence only Lewis knows.

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Dorothy is believed to have contributed to the portrait of "Winifred Homeward the Talking Woman" in Gideon Planish.

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