Definition of polish

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Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc..

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Bois Durci :: Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed..
Ill :: Ill (a.) Not according with rule, fitness, or propriety; incorrect; rude; unpolished; inelegant..
Carnelian :: Carnelian (n.) A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals..
Rabot :: Rabot (n.) A rubber of hard wood used in smoothing marble to be polished.
Rude :: Rude (superl.) Unformed by taste or skill; not nicely finished; not smoothed or polished; -- said especially of material things; as, rude workmanship..
Limation :: Limation (n.) The act of filing or polishing.
Lap :: Lap (n.) A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in polishing cutlery, etc. It is usually in the form of wheel or disk, which revolves on a vertical axis..
Brute :: Brute (a.) Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
Terse :: Terse (superl.) Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
Affile :: Affile (v. t.) To polish.
Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge..
Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat..
Inelegant :: Inelegant (a.) Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires..
Pumice :: Pumice (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone..
Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver..
Polka :: Polka (n.) A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time..
Whitesmith :: Whitesmith (n.) A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it..
Metallochrome :: Metallochrome (n.) A coloring produced by the deposition of some metallic compound; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity..
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..
Overpolish :: Overpolish (v. t.) To polish too much.
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