To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.
To apply shoe polish to shoes.
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
To refine; remove imperfections from.
Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
A substance used to polish.