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Plane

Any tree of the genus Platanus.

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Even 84% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

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Even 84% connected

Evening. See Eve, n. 1.

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Amphibian 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Amphibia; as, amphibian reptiles.

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Fighter 76% connected

One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.

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Jet 76% connected

Same as 2d Get.

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Jointer 76% connected

One who, or that which, joints.

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Spokeshave 76% connected

A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Degree 76% connected

A step, stair, or staircase.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Glide 76% connected

The glede or kite.

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Level 76% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Smooth 76% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Smoothen 76% connected

To make smooth.

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Stage 76% connected

A floor or story of a house.

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Flatness 74% connected

The quality or state of being flat.

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Flatness 74% connected

The quality or state of being flat.

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Planer 74% connected

One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.

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Planer 74% connected

One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.

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Accelerator 70% connected

One who, or that which, accelerates. Also as an adj.; as, accelerator nerves.

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Bonnet 70% connected

A headdress for men and boys; a cap.

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Cowl 70% connected

A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together.

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Gas 70% connected

An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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Gun 70% connected

of Gin

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Hood 70% connected

State; condition.

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Pod 70% connected

A bag; a pouch.

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Throttle 70% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

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Wing 70% connected

One of the two anterior limbs of a bird, pterodactyl, or bat. They correspond to the arms of man, and are usually modified for flight, but in the cas…

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Aeroplane 92% connected

A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.

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Airplane 92% connected

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Flat 92% connected

Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane.

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Level 92% connected

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel to the surface…

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Planer 92% connected

One who, or that which, planes; a planing machine; esp., a machine for planing wood or metals.

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Shave 92% connected

obs. p. p. of Shave.

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Sheet 92% connected

In general, a large, broad piece of anything thin, as paper, cloth, etc.; a broad, thin portion of any substance; an expanded superficies.

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Skim 92% connected

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; t…

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