PPage 435
- English Word Polish Definition To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.
- English Word Polish Definition Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
- English Word Polish Definition To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
- English Word Polish Definition A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
- English Word Polish Definition Anything used to produce a gloss.
- English Word Polish Definition Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
- English Word Polishable Definition Capable of being polished.
- English Word Polished Definition of Polish
- English Word Polished Definition Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
- English Word Polishedness Definition The quality of being polished.
- English Word Polisher Definition One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing.
- English Word Polishing Definition of Polish
- English Word Polishing Definition a. & n. from Polish.
- English Word Polishment Definition The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
- English Word Polite Definition Smooth; polished.
- English Word Polite Definition Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
- English Word Polite Definition Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.
- English Word Polite Definition To polish; to refine; to render polite.
- English Word Politely Definition In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.
- English Word Politely Definition In a polite manner; with politeness.