Polish

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The language of the Poles.

II. Polish ·noun Anything used to produce a gloss.

III. Polish ·noun Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.

IV. Polish ·adj Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

V. Polish ·noun A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.

VI. Polish ·vi To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.

VII. Polish ·vt Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.

VIII. Polish ·vt 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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