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Definition of Polisher
1. Noun. A power tool used to buff surfaces.
Terms within: Buffing Wheel
Generic synonyms: Power Tool
Derivative terms: Buff, Polish
Definition of Polisher
1. n. One who, or that which, polishes; also, that which is used in polishing.
Definition of Polisher
1. Noun. A person who makes something smooth or shiny. ¹
2. Noun. A tool that makes something smooth or shiny. ¹
3. Noun. A machine that makes something smooth or shiny. ¹
4. Noun. A person who refines something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polisher
1. one that polishes [n -S] - See also: polishes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polisher
Literary usage of Polisher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"metal, and greater friction towards its extremities when its previous disposition
on the polisher has been judiciously provided, in the manner before ..."
2. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1896)
"A VENT IN YOUR PORT polisher.—By Earl D. Eddy, San Francisco,—I have just been
... I have never seen this improvement in any port polisher but my own, ..."
3. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"... and Waiting—Flight—Unscrewing the Picture—After the War—Brilliant Receptions—Mrs.
Madison's Snuff Box—Clay Takes a Pinch—" This is My polisher! ..."
4. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1851)
"to move upon the pin N, while N causes the speculum with a motion somewhat the
polisher to slide over the surface of like that shown in fig. 1136. ..."
5. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"For this latter purpose, a rod of iron, furnished *"«• 39- at the end with a
wooden polisher (Fig. 39), is employed, and this is dipped into water each time ..."
6. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1806)
"I imagine, that a polisher, whose area is of an oval form, would be better adapted
to the formation of a parabolic, than an hyperbolic curvature, ..."
7. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1806)
"metal, and greater friction towards its extremities when its previous disposition
on the polisher has been judiciously provided, in the manner before ..."
8. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1896)
"A VENT IN YOUR PORT polisher.—By Earl D. Eddy, San Francisco,—I have just been
... I have never seen this improvement in any port polisher but my own, ..."
9. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"... and Waiting—Flight—Unscrewing the Picture—After the War—Brilliant Receptions—Mrs.
Madison's Snuff Box—Clay Takes a Pinch—" This is My polisher! ..."
10. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1851)
"to move upon the pin N, while N causes the speculum with a motion somewhat the
polisher to slide over the surface of like that shown in fig. 1136. ..."
11. Chemical Technology: Or, Chemistry, Applied to the Arts and to Manufactures by Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Walter Rogers Johnson (1849)
"For this latter purpose, a rod of iron, furnished *"«• 39- at the end with a
wooden polisher (Fig. 39), is employed, and this is dipped into water each time ..."
12. The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1806)
"I imagine, that a polisher, whose area is of an oval form, would be better adapted
to the formation of a parabolic, than an hyperbolic curvature, ..."
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