Word Meanings - POLISHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing. Addison.
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- POLISHMENT
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - POLISHED
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse. - POLISHABLE
Capable of being polished. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - POLISHEDNESS
The quality of being polished. - POLISH
Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. - ADDISON'S DISEASE
A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not - POLISHER
One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing. Addison. - POLISHING
a. & n. from Polish. Polishing iron, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. -- Polishing slate. A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. A kind of hone - REPOLISH
To polish again. - DEPOLISHING
The process of removing the vitreous glaze from porcelain, leaving the dull luster of the surface of ivory porcelian. Knight. - DEPOLISH
To remove the polish or glaze from. - OVERPOLISH
To polish too much. - EXPOLISH
To polish thoroughly. Heywood. - UNPOLISH
To deprive of polish; to make impolite.