planing

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of plane

plural planings

1. The act by which something is planed.

   The length of time between planings can be anywhere from one year to several, depending on the density of the wood, the amount you play, and the abrasiveness of your perspiration.

   1996, James N. McKean, Mary Vanclay, Common Sense Instrument Care, page 44

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   The landlord was near spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven’s sake to quit—the bed was soft enough to suit me, and I did not know how all the planing in the world could make eider down of a pine plank.

   1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 3”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

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