Definition of polished

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Polished (imp. & p. p.) of Polis.

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Finished :: Finished (a.) Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education..
Impolite :: Impolite (a.) Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude.
Marble :: Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc..
Rice-shell :: Rice-shell (n.) Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
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..
Copperplate :: Copperplate (n.) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved.
Inelaborate :: Inelaborate (a.) Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.
Polishable :: Polishable (a.) Capable of being polished.
Rabot :: Rabot (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.
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.
Polished :: Polished (a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse..
Rough-grained :: Rough-grained (a.) Having a rough grain or fiber; hence, figuratively, having coarse traits of character; not polished; brisque..
Politely :: Politely (adv.) In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.
Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge..
Homespun :: Homespun (n.) An unpolished, rustic person..
Refinement :: Refinement (n.) That which is refined, elaborated, or polished to excess; an affected subtilty; as, refinements of logic..
Roughhewn :: Roughhewn (a.) Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished.
Incondite :: Incondite (a.) Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular.
Savage :: Savage (a.) Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners..
Knifeboard :: Knifeboard (n.) A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
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