Definition of smoothing

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Smoothing (a. & n.) fr. Smooth, v..

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Float :: Float (v. i.) A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
File :: File (n.) A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc..
Comb :: Comb (n.) An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb..
Lure :: Lure (n.) A velvet smoothing brush.
Sandpaper :: Sandpaper (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing..
Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A tool used for smoothing a mold.
Smoothing :: Smoothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smoot.
Box-iron :: Box-iron (n.) A hollow smoothing iron containing a heater within.
Grindstone :: Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects..
Style :: Style (v. t.) An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax..
Rabbler :: Rabbler (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.
Roughhew :: Roughhew (v. t.) To hew coarsely, without smoothing; as, to roughhew timber..
Router :: Router (n.) A plane with a hooked tool protruding far below the sole, for smoothing the bottom of a cavity..
Hairbrush :: Hairbrush (n.) A brush for cleansing and smoothing the hair.
Grozing Iron :: Grozing iron () A tool for smoothing the solder joints of lead pipe.
Sadiron :: Sadiron (n.) An iron for smoothing clothes; a flatiron.
Slicking :: Slicking (n.) The act or process of smoothing.
Roughhewn :: Roughhewn (a.) Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
Smoothing :: Smoothing (a. & n.) fr. Smooth, v..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
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