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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pol·ish v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polished p. pr. & vb. n. Polishing.]
 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.
 To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang]