Adjacent Words
To pluck a crowTo pluck away
To pluck down
to pluck off
to pluck up
To pocket a ball
To pocket an insult
To point a rope
To point a sail
To point at
To point off
To point the yards
To point well
To poke fun
To poke fun at
To poll a jury
To pop off
To pop the question
To post off
To post over
To pray in aid
To preach down
To preach up
To preserve game
To prey on
To prime a pump
To promise one's self
To propose to one's self
To protest a bill or note
To publish a will
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
