Instrument made like sword- heat red- hot- burnt through- polished outside. "Roughing it in the Bush" by Susanna Moodie

And I had it so beautifully polished!" "Captain Jim" by Mary Grant Bruce

It was eight bells ringing, And the gunner's lads were singing, For the ship she rode a- swinging, As they polished every gun. "Collected Poems 1897 - 1907" by Henry Newbolt