2. (Gardening)
Defn: The operation of dispersing worm casts over the walks with poles.
3. One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.
POLISH
Pol"ish, a. Etym: [From Pole a Polander.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
— n.
Defn: The language of the Poles.
POLISH
Pol"ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished; p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.]
Etym: [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.
POLISH
Pol"ish, v. i.