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buffing wheel

British  

noun

  1. Also called: buff wheel.  a wheel covered with a soft material, such as lamb's wool or leather, used for shining and polishing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Or you could try to do it yourself, using a polishing cream designed for use on plastic and a buffing wheel.

From Washington Post Nov. 4, 2016

Every fourth house became a small home factory with at least one buffing wheel.

From Time Magazine Archive

The best method of removing rust and tarnish is to polish the tools on a power buffing wheel on which has been rubbed some tripoli.

From Handwork in Wood by Noyes, William

Rough places on the tubes should be smoothed with the finest emery cloth, or, better, on a buffing wheel.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

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