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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Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc..
Buffer :: Buffer (n.) One who polishes with a buff.
Polish :: Polish (a.) Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
Silver :: Silver (n.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile, very malleable, and capable of a high degree of polish. It is found native, and also combined with sulphur, arsenic, antimony, chlorine, etc., in the minerals argentite, proustite, pyrargyrite, ceragyrite, etc. Silver is one of the noble metals, so-called, not being easily oxidized, and is used for coin, jewelry, plate, and a great variety of articles. Symbol Ag (Argentum). Atomic weight 107.7. Specific gravity 10.5..
Polite :: Polite (v. t.) To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Unrude :: Unrude (a.) Not rude; polished.
Home-bred :: Home-bred (a.) Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
Heelball :: Heelball (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions..
Depolish :: Depolish (v. t.) To remove the polish or glaze from.
Cuttle Bone :: Cuttle bone () The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc..
Buff :: Buff (v. t.) To polish with a buff. See Buff, n., 5..
Mazurka :: Mazurka (n.) A Polish dance, or the music which accompanies it, usually in 3-4 or 3-8 measure, with a strong accent on the second beat..
Rewel Bone :: Rewel bone () An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone..
Agrestic :: Agrestic (a.) Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth..
Emery :: Emery (n.) Corundum in the form of grains or powder, used in the arts for grinding and polishing hard substances. Native emery is mixed with more or less magnetic iron. See the Note under Corundum..
Buff :: Buff (a.) A wheel covered with buff leather, and used in polishing cutlery, spoons, etc..
Country :: Country (a.) Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners..
Krakowiak :: Krakowiak (n.) A lively Polish dance. See Cracovienne.
Reflector :: Reflector (n.) Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc..
Inelaborate :: Inelaborate (a.) Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.
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