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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

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 Chevalier Jackson

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 William Noyes

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