PLANE (4)

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. 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.
2. 2. To efface or remove.
He planed away the names . . . written on his tables. Chaucer. 3. 3. Figuratively, to make plain or smooth.
What student came but that you planed her path. Tennyson.