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Polisher :: Polisher (n.) One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing..

Wharp :: Wharp (n.) A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder..

Glazing :: Glazing (n.) The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy..

Rubber :: Rubber (n.) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning..

Polishing :: Polishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Polis.

Tripoli :: Tripoli (n.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms..

Glazer :: Glazer (n.) A tool or machine used in glazing, polishing, smoothing, etc.; amoung cutlers and lapidaries, a wooden wheel covered with emery, or having a band of lead and tin alloy, for polishing cutlery, etc..

Colcothar :: Colcothar (n.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.

Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..

Buff :: Buff (a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc..

Depolishing :: Depolishing (n.) The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelain..

Cuttle Bone :: Cuttle bone () The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc..

Sandpaper :: Sandpaper (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing..

Crocus :: Crocus (n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder..

Polishment :: Polishment (n.) The act of polishing, or the state of being polished..

Rabat :: Rabat (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

Polishing :: Polishing () a. & n. from Polish.

Rouge :: Rouge (n.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc..

Pumice :: Pumice (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone..

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