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polishing |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polishing \Pol"ish*ing\, a. & n. from {Polish}. {Polishing iron}, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. {Polishing slate}. a A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. b A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. {Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. {Polishing wheel}, a wheel or disk coated with or composed of abrading material, for polishing a surface. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polish \Pol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polished}; p. pr & vb n. {Polishing}.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf {Polite}, {-ish}] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as to polish glass, marble, metals, etc 2. Hence to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of to make elegant and polite; as to polish life or manners. --Milton. {To polish off}, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] --W. H. Russell. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polishing n : the work of making something shine by polishing it "he performed the menial chore of shining shoes" [syn: {shining}]
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