levigate
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Mark first the rationale of the thing: Hear logic rivel and levigate the deed.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells
It is usually levigated with slab and roller, and made into sour cakes.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton
In Italy we find a carefully levigated red clay in use, great care being devoted to its preparation and admixture.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
This scar, in some months or years, is liable to wear away, and become transparent, without the assistance of any polishing powder, as of very finely levigated glass, as some have recommended.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
The phosphide obtained by heating cupric phosphate, Cu2H2P2O8, in hydrogen, when mixed with potassium and cuprous sulphides or levigated coke, constitutes “Abel’s fuse,” which is used as a primer.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
Many have imagined that colours vitrified by intense heat are consequently durable when levigated for painting in oil or water.
From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Thomas Salter
This process consists in finely pulverizing the soil or rock, and levigating it in vessels of water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various
