Definition of polish

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Polish (v. t.) Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners..

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Shine :: Shine (n.) The quality or state of shining; brightness; luster, gloss; polish; sheen..
Lucullite :: Lucullite (n.) A variety of black limestone, often polished for ornamental purposes..
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Exhibiting the ways or manners of a province; characteristic of the inhabitants of a province; not cosmopolitan; countrified; not polished; rude; hence, narrow; illiberal..
Ebony :: Ebony (n.) A hard, heavy, and durable wood, which admits of a fine polish or gloss. The usual color is black, but it also occurs red or green..
Albedo :: Albedo (n.) Whiteness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.
Wharp :: Wharp (n.) A kind of fine sand from the banks of the Trent, used as a polishing powder..
Pepperidge :: Pepperidge (n.) A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo..
Polishing :: Polishing () a. & n. from Polish.
Inelegant :: Inelegant (a.) Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires..
Cracovienne :: Cracovienne (n.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time..
Unrude :: Unrude (a.) Not rude; polished.
Home-bred :: Home-bred (a.) Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
Catoptrics :: Catoptrics (n.) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics..
Polishing :: Polishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Polis.
Rumble :: Rumble (n.) A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or polished by friction against each other.
Elimate :: Elimate (v. t.) To render smooth; to polish.
Rewel Bone :: Rewel bone () An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone..
Plica :: Plica (v.) A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait..
Rough-grained :: Rough-grained (a.) Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque..
Uplandish :: Uplandish (a.) Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized.
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