To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.
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To make smooth.
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To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrativ…
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A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other animals, dressed i…
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To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or p…
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An orderly succession; a line; a row
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Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…
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To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear.
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Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss.
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To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
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Any tree of the genus Platanus.
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An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which…
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Fine particles of stone, esp. of siliceous stone, but not reduced to dust; comminuted stone in the form of loose grains, which are not coherent when…
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Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing.
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Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy; as, sleek hair.
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See Schlich.
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To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession,…
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To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the action of something moving back…
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Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.
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To emit rays of light; to give light; to beam with steady radiance; to exhibit brightness or splendor; as, the sun shines by day; the moon shines by…
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Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.
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