n. - The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body.
n. - Hence, outward or external appearance.
n. - A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness; superficies; as, a plane surface; a spherical surface.
n. - That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.
v. t. - To give a surface to; especially, to cause to have a smooth or plain surface; to make smooth or plain.
v. t. - To work over the surface or soil of, as ground, in hunting for gold.
- A small plane or surface, usually capable of adjustment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aeroplane or flying machine.