1to polish, burnish, make smooth and shiny by friction:
(
c.1334;
MS: s.xivm
)
Cist controva de debruser et pollicer
(var. (A: c.1375) poliser) marbre sanz martel
49.6
(
1395
)
Item que nulle mestre ou servaunt overa en nulle manere de lour artifice hors de la citee d’Everwyk s’il ne soit que lours darrez
(=merchandise) soient enbrowez
(=stained) de les policer come a lour artifice appent
i 53
poliser (c.1334)