PO'LISH, adjective Pertaining to Poland, a level country on the south of Russia and the Baltic. POL'ISH, verb transitive [Latin polio.] 1. To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; as, to polish glass, marble, metals and the like. 2. To refine; to wear off rudeness, rusticity and coarseness; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. The Greeks were polished by the Asiatics and Egyptians. POL'ISH, verb intransitive To become smooth; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface. Steel will polish almost as white and bright as silver. POL'ISH, noun A smooth, glossy surface produced by friction. Another prism of clearer glass and better polish seemed free from veins. 1. Refinement; elegance of manners. What are these wond'rous civilizing arts, This Roman polish?
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