The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Plane \Plane\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Planed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Planing.] [Cf. F. planer, L. planare, fr. planus. See
   Plane, a., Plain, a., and cf. Planish.]
   1. To make smooth; to level; to pare off the inequalities of
      the surface of, as of a board or other piece of wood, by
      the use of a plane; as, to plane a plank.
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   2. To efface or remove.
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            He planed away the names . . . written on his
            tables.                               --Chaucer.
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   3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.]
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            What student came but that you planed her path.
                                                  --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Planing \Plan"ing\,
   a. & vb. n. fr. Plane, v. t.
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   Planing machine.
   (a) See Planer.
   (b) A complex machine for planing wood, especially boards,
       containing usually a rapidly revolving cutter, which
       chips off the surface in small shavings as the piece to
       be planed is passed under it by feeding apparatus.
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