modeling plane

A short plane used in plan. ing rounding surfaces. It has a length of from 1 inch to 5 inches, a width of from inch to 2 inches. The irons are front inch to 11⁄2 inches wide. *mod-el-ize, v. t. [Eng. model; -ize.] To form or model after a pattern; to give shape to; to mold. "Which some silly saints and devout bunglers will undertake to manage and modelize ."-Gauden: Tears of the Church , p. 426. Mô-den-ēşe, a. & s. [See def.] A. As adj .: Of or belonging to Modena, or its in habitants. B. As subst.: A native or inhabitant of Modena; as a plural, the inhabitants of Modena. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; the moderate party ultimately became the warm defenders, and which they carried out so rigidly as sometimes to welcome the aid of military force to settle a presentee on a recalcitrant congregation. Some of them were men of literary culture, Principal Robertson, author of Charles V., the History of America, ., being their leader from about 1751 to 1781. In 1796 the General A embly, under moderate guidance, declined to take any steps in favor of Foreign Mi ions. From the time of the French Reign of Terror in 1793, the evangelical party, with which the moderates had long been in conflict, gained yearly an acce ion of strength, till, on May 27, 1834, the moderate party was defeated by 184 to 138 votes, on a motion giving a certain veto on the settlement of an unacceptable minister [VETO], and the moderate ascendency was temporarily overthrown. During the ten years' conflict, which ended in the disruption of 1843, the moderate party, in large measure, approved of the action of the law courts, and when the evangelical party seceded from the Church, they regained their old ascendency in the Scottish establishment. Since then their views have become considerably modified, and at their earnest request patronage (q. v.) has been abolished. mod-er-āte, v. t. & i. [Fr. modérer; Ital. mod erare: Sp. moderar.] [MODERATE, a.] A. Transitive : 1. To restrain from exce of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, exce , or intensity; to repre , to quiet, to temper, to still. "To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive." Spenser: F. Q., IV. ii. 3. 2. To temper, to qualify, to abate, to mitigate. "By its astringent quality it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water." - Arbuthnot : On Aliments. 3. To decide as a moderator. B. Intransitive: 1. To become le violent, intense, fierce, harsh, or severe; to abate; to quiet or settle down. "When his profit moderated The fury of his heart abated." Butler Hudibras, iii. 2. 2. To preside as a moderator. To moderate in a call : Presbyterianism : To be moderator, that is, to preside, at a meeting of a Presbyterian congregation, summoned by direction of the Presbytery to cal a minister. sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f. moderately mod-er-ate-ly, adv. [Eng. moderate; -ly.] In a moderate manner, degree, extent, or amount; not exce ively. "Therefore, love moderately ; long love doth so." Shakesp .: Romeo and Juliet , ii. 1. mod-er-ate-ne , s. [English moderate ; -ne .] The quality or state of being moderate; moderation, temperatene ; a middle state between ex tremes.