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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polished \Pol"ished\, a.
Made smooth and glossy, as by friction; hence highly
finished; refined; polite; as polished plate; polished
manners; polished verse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
polished
adj 1: perfected or made shiny and smooth; "his polished prose";
"in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes";
"freshly polished silver" [ant: {unpolished}]
2: showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that
comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner";
"maintained an urbane tone in his letters" [syn: {refined},
{svelte}, {urbane}]
3: (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers
removed; "polished rice" [syn: {milled}]
4: (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth [syn: {dressed}]
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