expolish
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare Latin expolire. See polish.
Verb[edit]
expolish (third-person singular simple present expolishes, present participle expolishing, simple past and past participle expolished)
- (obsolete, nonce word) To polish thoroughly.
- 1624, Thomas Heywood, Gynaikeion:
- To polish, expolish, paint, and staine
References[edit]
- “expolish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.