Define Polish using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | Polish \Pol"ish\, a. [From {Pole} a Polander.] Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants. -- n. The language of the Poles. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | 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]
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| Source: gcide | 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. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | Polish \Pol"ish\, n. 1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster. [1913 Webster]
Another prism of clearer glass and better polish. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
2. Anything used to produce a gloss. [1913 Webster]
3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners. [1913 Webster]
This Roman polish and this smooth behavior. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
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