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Definition of Depolish
1. v. t. To remove the polish or glaze from.
Definition of Depolish
1. Verb. (transitive) To remove the polish from. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depolish
1. to remove the gloss or polish of [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depolish
Literary usage of Depolish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition by Edward Henry Knight (1880)
"Plates Etched flashed of flashed colored glass etched clear and in depolish.
Fine landscapes painted in verifiable colors. Vitrified photographs on plain ..."
2. Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses and Reviews by John Tyndall (1915)
"We can, however, go far beyond the mere depolish- ing of glass; indeed I have
already said that quartz- sand can wear a hole through corundum. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1873)
"... corundum, for example, is much harder than quartz; still, quartz-sand can not
only depolish, but act nally blow a hole through a plate of corundum. ..."
4. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"... vt depolish, remove the polish of; grind, frost (glass) ; tarnish. — vr lose
its polish, become dull, ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To depolish, as glass. The glass should, in fact, not be ground at all, but only
grayed : that is, have its surface removed by rubbing with fine emery ..."
6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1873)
"... corundum, for example, is much harder than quartz ; still, quartz- sand can
not only depolish, but actually blow a hole through a plate of corundum. ..."
7. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"From ten to fifteen seconds' exposure to the sho.ver of sand is sufficient to
depolish the surface of ordinary ..."
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