Polishing
Rubbing a surface until it shines — small repeated work that brings out what was already in the material.
Polishing in a dream is the dream's image of small repeated work that brings out what was already in the material. The polisher does not add a coating; the polisher rubs the surface until what was dull begins to return the light. The dream brings polishing when something in your life — a kept object, a piece of one's own conduct, an inherited relationship — is currently being restored to its proper brightness by patient repeated attention. A boot polished until it holds the room is the dream affirming the small kept dignity. A boot left polishless, the leather dulling and cracking, is the dream noting that the small work of maintenance has been let go, and what would have shone with five minutes of cloth is now visibly neglected.