1. (a.) Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

2. (n.) The language of the Poles.

3. (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc.

4. (v. t.) Hence, to refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners.

5. (v. i.) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface; as, steel polishes well.

6. (n.) A smooth, glossy surface, usually produced by friction; a gloss or luster.

7. (n.) Anything used to produce a gloss.

8. (n.) Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners.

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