polishing

a. & n. from polish.

an iron burnisher; esp., a small smoothing iron used in laundries.

A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate.

a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones.

a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.

Present participle of polish.

The action of the verb to polish.

That makes shiny or smooth.

That refines.

the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it