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Polishing slate
/pˈɑlɪʃɪŋ
sleɪt/
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noun
Polishing
n. A. & n. from
Polish
.
Polishing iron
, an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries.
Polishing slate
.
(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.
Polishing snake
, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.
Polishing wheel
, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.
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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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