Polish definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PO'LISH, a. Pertaining to ... To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; as, to polish glass, marble, metals and the like. 2. To refine; to ... rusticity and coarseness; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. The Greeks were polished by the Asiatics ... gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface. Steel will polish almost as white and bright as silver. POL'ISH, n ... produced by friction. Another prism of clearer glass and better polish seemed free from veins. 1. Refinement; elegance of manners. What are these wond'rous civilizing arts, This Roman polish? WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or ...
French polish definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac 2: a varnish for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol [syn: French polish, French polish shellac] Webster's 1913 Dictionary French French (fr[e^]nch ... great spotted woodpecker (Dryobstes major); -- called also wood pie. French polish. (a) A preparation for the surface of woodwork, consisting of ... French window. See under Window. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto ...
polish up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state; "polish your social manners" [syn: polish, round, round off, polish up, brush up] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see polish 5
To polish off definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Polish Pol"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr ... by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc. 2. Hence, to refine; to wear ... 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 ...
polish off definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: finish ... assignment" [syn: get through, wrap up, finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up] 2: kill intentionally and with ... enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove] 3: finish eating all the food on one ... She polished off the remaining potatoes" [syn: eat up, finish, polish off] Merriam Webster's transitive verb Date: 1829 to finish ... of rapidly or completely Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If you polish off food or drink, you eat or drink all of ...
Polish plait definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Plait Plait, n. [OE ... 2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. (Med.) Same as Plica. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Plica ... it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait. --Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) A diseased state in plants in ...
French polish shellac definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... for wood consisting of shellac dissolved in alcohol [syn: French polish, French polish shellac]
Polish language definitions Britannica Concise W. Slavic language of Poland, spoken ... in the former Soviet Union. The earliest continuous text in Polish dates from the 14th cent. The standard language, formulated in ... the 16th cent., combines features of W and SE dialects. Polish is written in the Latin alphabet, and utilizes both digraphs ...
reverse Polish notation definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... operator follows its operands [syn: postfix notation, suffix notation, reverse Polish notation] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1975 a system of ... the use of parentheses < (3 + 5) - (2 + 1) in reverse Polish notation is expressed as 3 5 + 2 1 + - > — called also ...
Polish Corridor definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name strip of land ... Germans resented the transfer, though the region had been historically Polish before the Partitions of Poland and was inhabited by a Polish majority. When Poland refused to accede to A. Hitler's ...
nail polish definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a cosmetic ... nails to color them or make them shiny [syn: nail polish, nail enamel, nail varnish] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (nail polishes) Nail polish is a thick liquid that women paint on their nails ...
Polish Succession, War of the definitions Britannica Concise European conflict waged ... most Poles, France, and Spain supported Stanislaw I, a former Polish king (1704-9) and father-in-law of France's ...
Polish draughts definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Draughts Draughts, n. pl ... A game, now more commonly called checkers. See Checkers. Note: Polish draughts is sometimes played with 40 pieces on a board ...