plural of polishing slate

A mineral used for polishing glass, marble, and metals, composed chiefly of silica, with a little alumina, lime, iron oxide, and water.

(now,, possibly offensive) A medical condition resulting from deficient hair care in which the uncombed hair becomes irreversibly entangled, forming a matted mass, which can become malodorous and encrusted or sticky.

A kind of canopy bed draped with a baldacchin.

plural of Polish bed

(informal) The application of (possibly rough and ready) cleaning techniques.

A historical form of the Polish language, spoken between the 16th and 18th centuries.

Against or opposing the Poles or Poland.

Wearing nail polish.

(historical) A former region of Poland which extended northwards to the Baltic coast and separated East Prussia from the rest of Germany, granted to Poland after the First World War to ensure Polish access to the coast.