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d; specifically, the prismatic tints produced by depositing a film of peroxide of lead on polished steel by electricity.

A machine for grinding and polishing; as, a lapidary mill.

A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light. And in her hand she held a mirror bright, Wherein her face she often viewèd fair. Spenser.

uthern Florida and the West Indies, having a hard and heavy heartwood, which takes a fine polish. C. S. Sargent.

A genus of polished marine gastropod shells, chiefly tropical, and often beautifully colored.

erlook this pedigree." Shak. The time and care that are required To overlook and file and polish well. Roscommon.

ney, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads.

A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) with very tough wood, handsome oval polished leaves, and very acid berries, -- the sour gum, or common tupelo. See Tupelo. [Written also piperidge and pipperidge.] Pepperidge bush (Bot.), the barberry.

Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.

A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. (Med.) Same as Plica.

To make smooth or plane, as a metallic surface; to condense, toughen, and polish by light blows with a hammer.

hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait. Dunglison.

A polishing or grinding implement or instrument.

Smooth; polished. [Obs.] Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton.

In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy. [Obs.] Milton.

Polish; gloss. [Obs.] Donne.

A dance of Polish origin, but now common everywhere. It is performed by two persons in common time.

The Polish language.

apt to break. Dryden. Ivory porcelain, porcelain with a surface like ivory, produced by depolishing. See Depolishing. -- Porcelain clay. See under Clay. -- Porcelain crab (Zoöl.), any crab of the genus Porcellana and allied genera (family Porcellanidæ). They have a smooth, polished carapace. -- Porcelain jasper. (Mi…

(Zoöl.), a handsome marine gastropod shell (Oliva porphyria), having a dark red or brown polished surface, marked with light spots, like porphyry.