Polish /(?)/

1. Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing

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.

1. To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.

1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.

   Another prism of clearer glass and better polish.

2. Anything used to produce a gloss.
3. Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.

   This Roman polish and this smooth behavior.