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a. & n. from Polish.
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n.
An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished.
v. t.
To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door.
n.
Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.
a.
Not rude; polished.
imp. & p. p.
of Polish
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Polish
v. t.
To deprive of polish; to make impolite.
a.
Capable of being polished.
n.
One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing.
n.
A tool on which lenses are fastened in a group, for polishing or grinding.
a.
Having a brilliantly polished surface, as some leaves.
v. t.
To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
n.
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
v. t.
To render urban, or urbane; to refine; to polish.
v. i.
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
a.
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
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.
n.
An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms.
n.
The quality of being polished.
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