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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
(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
(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. Polishable
(Pol"ish*a*ble) a. Capable of being polished.
Polished
(Pol"ished) a. Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as,
polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.
Polishedness
(Pol"ished*ness), n. The quality of being polished.
Polisher
(Pol"ish*er) n. One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing. Addison.
Polishing
(Pol"ish*ing), a. & n. from Polish.
Polishing iron, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries. — 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. — 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.
Polishment
(Pol"ish*ment) n. The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. [R.]
Polite
(Po*lite") a. [Compar. Politer ; superl. Politest.] [L. politus, p. p. of polire to polish: cf. F.
poli. See Polish, v.]
1. Smooth; polished. [Obs.]
Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton. 2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. Pope. 3. Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature. Macaulay.
Syn. — Polished; refined; well bred; courteous; affable; urbane; civil; courtly; elegant; genteel.
Polite
(Po*lite"), v. t. To polish; to refine; to render polite. [Obs.] Ray.
Politely
(Po*lite"ly) adv.
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