lubrication.
[smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen,
velour, velours, velumen†; glass, ice.
slide; bowling green &c (level) 213; asphalt, wood pavement,
flagstone, flags.
[objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn
roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery
cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax;
polish, shoe polish.
[art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary.
[person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian.
V. smooth, smoothen†; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize;
polish, burnish, calender†, glaze; iron, hot-press, mangle; lubricate &c
(oil) 332.
Adj. smooth; polished &c v.; leiodermatous†, slick, velutinous†; even;
level &c 213; plane &c (flat) 251; sleek, glossy; silken, silky;
lanate†, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily,
soft, unwrinkled†; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental
alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel; woolly
&c (feathery) 256.
Phr. smooth as silk; slippery as coonshit on a pump handle; slippery as
a greased pig.