| polish | 1. A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster. "Another prism of clearer glass and better polish." (Sir I. Newton) 2. Anything used to produce a gloss. 3. Refinement; elegance of manners. "This Roman polish and this smooth behavior." (Addison) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| polishing | From Polish. Polishing iron, an iron burnisher; especially, a small smoothing iron used in laundries. Polishing slate. A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne, and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polishing brush | A brush usually mounted in a rotating instrument, used to polish teeth or artificial replacements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polishing treatment | The final sewage treatment process to further reduce BOD5, suspended solids, and other pollutants. (05 Dec 1998) |