Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POL'ISH
POL'ISH, n.
- A smooth glossy surface produced by friction. Another prism of clearer glass and better polish seemed free from veins. Newton.
- Refinement; elegance of manners. What are these wond'rous civilizing arts, / This Roman polish? – Addison.
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