alisó

n. alder, type of tree

v. smooth, flatten; sleek

v. smooth, sleek; level, comb; scrape, grind

= adler, alder.
Ex: She uses alder bark for dye, whale sinew for thread, sealskin for trim, a tough piece of hide for a thimble, a sharpened ground-squirrel leg bone for a needle, and an awl made from moose antler.
Ex: Both woods have abundant beech and alder and extensive coppice woodland with abundant hazel.

= smooth.
Ex: From the 1820s a dry end was added to the Fourdrinier machine which dried and smoothed the web of paper as it emerged from the wet end.
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* alisar a martillazos = hammer + flat.
* alisar raspando = scrape + smooth.