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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Noun.

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Polishing iron

an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries.

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Polishing slate

(a)

A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals

(b)

A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate.

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Polishing snake

a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.

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Polishing wheel

a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.

ppr.

Making smooth and glossy; refining.

Noun.

Smoothness; glossiness; refinement.