Word Meanings - POLISHING - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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
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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 or whetstone; hone slate. -- Polishing snake, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. -- Polishing wheel, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.
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- SMOOTHEN
To make smooth. - YELLOW-GOLDS
A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson. - YELLOWTOP
A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis. - YELLOWFISH
A rock trout found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel. - SMOOTHNESS
Quality or state of being smooth. - FOUNDATION
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, - GLASSEN
Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson. - SMOOTH
1. The act of making smooth; a stroke which smooths. Thackeray. 2. That which is smooth; the smooth part of anything. "The smooth of his neck." Gen. xxvii. 16. - POLISHMENT
The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. - FOUND
imp. & p. p. of Find. - SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable. - SMOOTH-CHINNED
Having a smooth chin; beardless. Drayton. - FOUNDATIONER
One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school. - GLASSINESS
The quality of being glassy. - GLASSWORT
A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. - GLASS-ROPE
A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. - YELLOW
1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. "A long motley coat guarded with yellow." Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. Cadmium yellow, Chrome - FOUNDEROUS
Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke. - GLASSILY
So as to resemble glass. - SMOOTHLY
In a smooth manner. - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - FOUNDER
One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows. - SLATER
One who lays slates, or whose occupation is to slate buildings. - DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably. - SPYGLASS
A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects. - REPOLISH
To polish again. - MISTRANSLATE
To translate erroneously. - PETWORTH MARBLE
A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.