polishing : Idioms & Phrases
Polishing iron
- an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries.
Webster 1913
Polishing slate
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(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.
Webster 1913
Polishing snake
- a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.
Webster 1913
Polishing wheel
- a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.