Pōl'ish1, a.
a. [From Pole, q. v.] (Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Poland or its inhabitants.
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Polish
Pŏl'ish2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. POLISHED (pŏl'isht); p. pr. & vb. n. POLISHING.] [Fr. polir, polissant, Pr., O. Sp., & Pg. polir, N. Sp. pulir, It. polire, pulire, Lat. polire.]
- To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, and the like.
- Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, rusticity, or coarseness of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. Milton.
Of men who never felt the sacred glow That thoughts of thee and thine on polished breasts bestow. Byron.
Pŏl'ish3, v. i.
To become smooth; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface. Steel will polish almost as white and bright as silver. Bacon.
Pŏl'ish4, n.
n. 1. A smooth, glossy surface, produced by friction.
Another prism of clearer glass and better polish seemed free from veins. Newton.
Sense 2. Hence, refinement; elegance of manners.
What are these wondrous, civilizing arts— This Roman polish? Addison.