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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Polish \Pol"ish\, verb (used with an object) [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.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
polishing
noun: the work of making something shine by polishing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living" [syn: {shining}]
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