Pol"ish , n.
1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
Another prism of clearer glass and better polish.
Sir
I. Newton. 2. Anything used to produce a gloss.
3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
This Roman
polish and this smooth behavior.
Addison.
Pol"ish , v. i. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth
and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
Bacon.
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.
Pol"ish (?), a. [From Pole a Polander.]
Of or pertaining to Poland or its
inhabitants. - - n. The language of the Poles.
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