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polish
a. [From Pole a Polander.] Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. ()
v. t. [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. ()
v. i. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well. (Bacon.)
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.)


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