Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

lubrication. [smooth materials] down, velvet, velure, silk, satin; velveteen, velour, velours, velumen†; glass, ice. slide; bowling green &c (level) 213; asphalt, wood pavement, flagstone, flags. [objects used to smooth other objects] roller, steam roller, lawn roller, rolling pin, rolling mill; sand paper, emery paper, emery cloth, sander; flat iron, sad iron; burnisher, turpentine and beeswax; polish, shoe polish. [art of cutting and polishing gemstones] lapidary. [person who polishes gemstones] lapidary, lapidarian. V. smooth, smoothen†; plane; file; mow, shave; level, roll; macadamize; polish, burnish, calender†, glaze; iron, hot-press, mangle; lubricate &c (oil) 332. Adj. smooth; polished &c v.; leiodermatous†, slick, velutinous†; even; level &c 213; plane &c (flat) 251; sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate†, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled†; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel; woolly &c (feathery) 256. Phr. smooth as silk; slippery as coonshit on a pump handle; slippery as a greased pig.