Polish (2)
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; t...
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Polish (3)
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 (4)
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 prod...
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 Bohem...
Polishment
Pol″ish‐ment (?), n. The act of polishing, or the state of being polished.
Polissoir
‖Po′lis′soir″ (?), n. 1. A polishing or grinding implement or instrument.2. (Glass Making) A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening ...
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.Rays of light falling on a polit...
Polite (2)
Po‐lite″, v. t. To polish; to refine; to render polite. Ray.
Politely
Po‐lite″ly (?), adv. 1. In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy. Milton.2. In a polite manner; with politeness.
Politeness
Po‐lite″ness, n. 1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. Evelyn.2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisanc...
Politesse
‖Pol′i‐tesse″ (?), n. Politeness.
Politic
Pol″i‐tic (?), a. [L. politicus political, Gr. � belonging to the citizens or to the state, fr.� citizen: cf. F. politique. See Police, and cf. ePolitical.] 1. Of or pertaining ...
Politic (2)
Pol′i‐tic, n. A politician. Bacon.Swiftly the politic goes; is it dark? he borrows a lantern;Slowly the statesman and sure, guiding his feet by the stars. Lowell.
Political
Po‐lit″i‐cal (?), a. 1. Having, or conforming to, a settled system of administration. “A political government.” Evelyn.2. Of or pertaining to public policy, or to politics; rela...
Politicalism
Po‐lit″i‐cal‐ism (?), n. Zeal or party spirit in politics.
Politically
Po‐lit″i‐cal‐ly, adv. 1. In a political manner.2. Politicly; artfully. Knolles.
Politicaster
Po‐lit″i‐cas′ter (?), n. [Cf. It. politicastro.] A petty politician; a pretender in politics. Milton.
Politician
Pol′i‐ti″cian (?), n. [Cf. F. politicien.]1. One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.While empiric politicians use deceit. D...
Politician (2)
Pol′i‐ti″cian, a. Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful. “Ill-meaning politician lords.” Milton.
Politicist
Po‐lit″i‐cist (?), n. A political writer.
Politicly
Pol″i‐tic‐ly (?), adv. In a politic manner; sagaciously; shrewdly; artfully. Pope.
Politics
Pol″i‐tics (?), n. [Cf. F. politique, Gr. � (sc.�). See Politic.] 1. The science of government; that part of ethics which has to do with the regulation and government of a natio...
Politize
Pol″i‐tize (?), v. i. To play the politician; to dispute as politicians do. Milton.