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

Brush Wheel :: Brush wheel () A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing..

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

Runner :: Runner (n.) A movable slab or rubber used in grinding or polishing a surface of stone.

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

Rouge :: Rouge (n.) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also crocus, jeweler's rouge, etc..

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

Sandpaper :: Sandpaper (n.) Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing..

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

Rabat :: Rabat (n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

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

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..

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

Black :: Black (a.) To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush..

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

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

Glazing :: Glazing (n.) The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill..

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

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

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