[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

polish \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; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass,
      marble, metals, etc.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   to polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary.
      slang --w. h. russell.
      1913 webster
see also:
polished polishing polite -ish to polish off 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

polishing \pol"ishing\,
   a.  n. from polish.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
polish polishing iron polishing slate polishing snake polishing wheel 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

polishing
     n : the work of making something shine by polishing it; "the
         shining of shoes provided a meager living" syn: shining
see also:
shining 

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