planish
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]planish (third-person singular simple present planishes, present participle planishing, simple past and past participle planished)
- (transitive) To repeatedly hammer (a sheet of metal) so as to shape and smooth it or create a decorative indented finish.
- 2014, P. F. Lye, Metalwork Theory, page 35:
- Although much of the copperwork done in school workshops is planished only once, many craftsmen planish their work three or four times in order to get a perfect finish.
Derived terms
[edit]- planished (adj.)
- planishing (n.)
Further reading
[edit]- planishing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia