- (superl.) Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished.
- (superl.) Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons.
- (superl.) Elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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