polished
/ˈpɑlɪʃt/ adjective B2- Made smooth or shiny by polishing. · polished shoes
- Refined, elegant. · a polished performance
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This box contained an unctuous substance partly solid, of which it was impossible to discover the color, owing to the reflection of the polished gold, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, which ornamented the box.
The men were dressed in blue, of the same shade as their hats, and wore well-polished boots with a deep roll of blue at the tops.
Others polished the blade until all the rust was removed and it glistened like burnished silver.
“I have, at least, a well-polished, silver-plated coffee-pot in front of me,” said he.
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