Smoothing \Smooth"ing\, a. & n.
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.
smoothing plane
n : a small plane for finish work [syn: {smooth plane}]