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Polishment :: Polishment (n.) The act of polishing, or the state of being polished..

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..

Crocus :: Crocus (n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder..

Almagra :: Almagra (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver..

Polisher :: Polisher (n.) One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing..

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..

Cuttle Bone :: Cuttle bone () The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc..

Runner :: Runner (n.) A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding..

Cadrans :: Cadrans (n.) An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.

Polishing :: Polishing () a. & n. from Polish.

Burnisher :: Burnisher (n.) A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc..

Rubber :: Rubber (n.) An instrument or thing used in rubbing, polishing, or cleaning..

Heelball :: Heelball (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions..

Colcothar :: Colcothar (n.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis..

Float :: Float (v. i.) A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

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..

Wharp :: Wharp (n.) A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder..

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..

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