Definition of polish

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Polish (n.) Anything used to produce a gloss.

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Polka :: Polka (n.) A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time..
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..
Heelball :: Heelball (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions..
Uplandish :: Uplandish (a.) Rude; rustic; unpolished; uncivilized.
Black :: Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush..
High-finished :: High-finished (a.) Finished with great care; polished.
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..
Polishedness :: Polishedness (n.) The quality of being polished.
Rough-grained :: Rough-grained (a.) Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque..
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..
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..
Polish :: Polish (n.) A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster..
Home-bred :: Home-bred (a.) Not polished; rude; uncultivated.
Roughcast :: Roughcast (v. t.) To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish..
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..
Grating :: Grating (n.) A system of close equidistant and parallel lines lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction; -- called also diffraction grating..
Whitesmith :: Whitesmith (n.) A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it..
Marmoratum Opus :: Marmoratum opus () A kind of hard finish for plasterwork, made of plaster of Paris and marble dust, and capable of taking a high polish..
Runner :: Runner (n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.
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