Definition of polish

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Polish (v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well..

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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..
Levigate :: Levigate (v. t.) To polish.
Polish :: Polish (v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well..
Roughhewn :: Roughhewn (a.) Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.
Courtbred :: Courtbred (a.) Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly..
Polish :: Polish (n.) Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
Buff :: Buff (a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc..
Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill..
Limation :: Limation (n.) The act of filing or polishing.
Ebonite :: Ebonite (n.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus..
Terse :: Terse (superl.) Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
Jasper :: "Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper..
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..
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning..
Catoptrics :: Catoptrics (n.) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics..
Bois Durci :: Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed..
Rough-grained :: Rough-grained (a.) Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque..
Polishedness :: Polishedness (n.) The quality of being polished.
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