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Polished
Polished Pol"ished, a.
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly
finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished
manners; polished verse.
PolishedPolish Pol"ish, v. 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. PolishPolish Pol"ish, a. [From Pole a Polander.]
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. The
language of the Poles. PolishPolish Pol"ish, v. 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. Polish
Polish Pol"ish, v. i.
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to
take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.
--Bacon.
Polish
Polish Pol"ish, n.
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.
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polish ˈ , p , əʊ , l , ɪ , ʃ may
refer to:
anything from or
related to
poland , a
country in europe.
polish language poles ,
people from
- the
commonwealth ceased to
exist in 1795 as the
polish lands were
partitioned among the
kingdom of
prussia , the
russian empire , and old
-
polish (język polski, polszczyzna) is a
language of the
lechitic subgroup of west
slavic languages used
throughout poland (being that
- the
polish people, or
poles (polacy p , o , ' , l , a , c , y;
singular masculine: polak, feminine: polka), are an
ethnic group of
-
polish americans. (amerykanin
polskiego pochodzenia (male), or
amerykanka polskiego pochodzenia (female. are of
total or
partial polish descent .
- the polish–lithuanian
commonwealth (or union,
after 1791 the
commonwealth of poland) was a
dualistic state of
poland and
lithuania ruled - the
second polish republic,
second commonwealth of
poland or 'interwar poland'
refers to the
country of
poland between the
first and
-
programmes at
polish high
schools and universities, the work of
synagogues such as the
nozyk , and the
museum of the
history of
polish jews .
- the
invasion of poland, also
known as the
september campaign or 1939
defensive war or the
fourth partition of
poland (polish :
kampania - the people's
republic of
poland (polish :
polska rzeczpospolita ludowa, prl) was the
official name of
poland from 1952 to 1989.
