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   Polish , a. [From Pole a Polander.] Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. The language of the Poles.
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   Polish , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.] [F. polir, L. polire. Cf. Polite, -ish]
   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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   Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.
   Milton.
   
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   To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang]
   W. H. Russell.
   
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   Polish, v. i. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
   Bacon.
   
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   Polish, n.
   A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.
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   Another prism of clearer glass and better polish.
   Sir I. Newton.
   
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   Anything used to produce a gloss.
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   Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.
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   This Roman polish and this smooth behavior.
   Addison.
   
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