1. A tool used for smoothing the rough edges of wood or metal.
2. Rosewood.
(1876-1964) German portrait photographer. His long-term project was to create a vast composite portrait, Man of the Twentieth Century. Concentrating on German society, he turned his dispassionate gaze on every walk of life—from butchers to bankers—in a way that combined the individual with the archetypal. Much of his work was destroyed when his Cologne studio was bombed 1944.