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compass plane

American  

noun

Carpentry.

  1. a plane for smoothing curved surfaces.

Etymology

Origin of compass plane

First recorded in 1840–50

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Attorney Brett Shasky said Friday that Rojas could have created a fireball on the Compass plane because of the oxygen on board.

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