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Webster 1913 Edition

Polish

Pol′ish

,
Adj.
[From
Pole
a Polander.]
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
–
Noun.
The language of the Poles.

Pol′ish

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Polished
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Polishing
.]
[F.
polir
, L.
polire
. Cf.
Polite
,
-ish
]
1.
To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster;
as, to
polish
glass, marble, metals, etc.
2.
Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite;
as, to
polish
life or manners
.
Milton.
To polish off
,
to finish completely, as an adversary.
[Slang]
W. H. Russell.

Pol′ish

,
Verb.
I.
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface;
as, steel
polishes
well
.
Bacon.

Pol′ish

,
Noun.
1.
A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
Another prism of clearer glass and better
polish
.
Sir I. Newton.
2.
Anything used to produce a gloss.
3.
Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
This Roman
polish
and this smooth behavior.
Addison.

Webster 1828 Edition

Polish

PO'LISH

,
Adj.
Pertaining to Poland, a level country on the south of Russia and the Baltic.

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