planare

planare [LL < CL p. ppl. only] 1 to make level or smooth: a (ground, surface of natural object or artefact); b (surface of skin); c (hair of head, by straightening, or part of body, by stroking). a ~atis ‥ lapidibus cum in pariete ad ordinem unius lineae collocantur Anselm Misc. 314; cavat Ardea rostro / marmoreos fossore sinus, Lucinia planat J. Exon. BT VI 384; prefalcat sparos Hyspania, planat et hastas / Anglia quas comitans Dacha bipennis erit Garl. Tri. Eccl. 28; 1294 in j platia ~anda in curia pro tasso feni ibidem faciendo MinAc 991/24; [cupidus] cineres ‥ palpat et ~at et facit in eis figuras algorismi sicut computatores faciunt AncrR 76; 1373 (v. pana 1).  b cutem subtilians, ~ans maculas et omnem sordiciem delens Gilb. III 166v. 2.  c [miles] capud pectine ~at E. Thrip. Collect. Stories 232; canes ‥ / hii sunt quos dorsa nullus planare valebit Gower VC I 409; nec manus in longum planat utrumque latus Ib. VII 732. 2 to make smooth with a file, plane, or axe. plano superficiem constans asperrima rerum Aldh. Aen. 21 (Lima) 4; scopes, ferrum unde ligna ~antur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 560; aspera plano, seco, ligna foranda foro Walt. Angl. Fab. 48. 8; 1430 [foteaxes for smoothing] ~and’ [piles] (KR Ac 479/25) Building in Eng. 341; to playne, dolare, levigare, ~are, ex- , levare, ex- CathA. 3 to make smooth or eloquent by removing rusticity. quicunque benigno ardore accensi ‥ barbarizantis lingua materiam Romanae verriculo eloquentiae ~are studuerint Nen. HB pref. p. 127; solus nummus verba tornat, / planat, polit, comit, ornat, / solus linguam liliat Walt. Wimb. Van. 28. 4 to make smooth (abstr.; also absol.). dulcis amicitie correptio mulcet et urit / ‥ / asperat et planat Gir. Symb. II 26 p. 370; ille docet quodcumque decet, set et aspera planat Gower VC II 481.