Defn: The quality of being polished.
POLISHER
Pol"ish*er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing. Addison.
POLISHING
Pol"ish*ing,
Defn: 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.
POLISHMENT
Pol"ish*ment, n.
Defn: The act of polishing, or the state of being polished. [R.]
POLISSOIR
Po`lis`soir", n. [F.]
1. A polishing or grinding implement or instrument.
2. (Glass Making) A tool consisting of a flat wooden block with a long iron handle, used for flattening out split cylinders of blown glass.