\Pol"ish*ing\,
a. & n. from {Polish}.

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

{Polishing slate}.
(a) A gray or yellow slate, found in Bohemia and Auvergne,
    and used for polishing glass, marble, and metals.
(b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate.

{Polishing snake}, a tool used in cleaning lithographic
   stones.

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