Word Meanings - SMOOTHING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

fr. Smooth, v. Smoothing iron, an iron instrument with a polished face, for smoothing clothes; a sadiron; a flatiron. -- Smoothing plane, a short, finely set plane, for smoothing and finishing work.

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• SMOOTHEN
  To make smooth.
• PLANE TREE
  See PLANE
• SMOOTHNESS
  Quality or state of being smooth.
• INSTRUMENTAL
  Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music. "He defended the use of instrumental music in public worship." Macaulay. Sweet voices mix'd with instrumental
• FINISHER
  1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection. O prophet of glad tidings,
• SHORT-WITED
  Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
• POLISHMENT
  The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
• SHORT CIRCUIT
  A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
• SMOOTH-CHINNED
  Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton.
• SHORT-HANDED
  Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
• SHORTHEAD
  A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• PLANETULE
  A little planet. Conybeare.
• SMOOTHLY
  In a smooth manner.
• POLISHED
  Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
• PLANE-PARALLEL
  Having opposite surfaces exactly plane and parallel, as a piece of glass.
• SHORTCAKE
  An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
• SHORTLY
  1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer. I shall grow jealous of you shortly. Shak. The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon. 2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in
• FINELY
  In a fine or finished manner.
• PLANETED
  Belonging to planets. Young.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• REPOLISH
  To polish again.
• HYDROBIPLANE
  A hydro-aëroplane having two supporting planes.
• DEPOLISHING
  The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight.
• CONVEXO-PLANE
  Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.