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Burnish
Burnish Bur"nish, v. i.
To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as
from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and
burnish as his brothers do. --Dryden.
My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell.
--Herbert.
Burnish
Burnish Bur"nish, n.
The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
--Crashaw.
BurnishBurnish Bur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF.
burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun
brown, fr. OHG. br?n; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish.
See Brown, a.]
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;
specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and
smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From
far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. --Dryden.
Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting
sun. --Cunningham.
Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing
by compression, as in making paper collars. BurnishedBurnish Bur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF.
burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun
brown, fr. OHG. br?n; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish.
See Brown, a.]
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;
specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and
smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From
far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. --Dryden.
Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting
sun. --Cunningham.
Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing
by compression, as in making paper collars. Burnisher
Burnisher Bur"nish*er, n.
1. One who burnishes.
2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of
steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by
rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special
uses.
BurnishingBurnish Bur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF.
burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun
brown, fr. OHG. br?n; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish.
See Brown, a.]
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;
specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and
smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From
far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. --Dryden.
Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting
sun. --Cunningham.
Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing
by compression, as in making paper collars. Burnishing machineBurnish Bur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF.
burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun
brown, fr. OHG. br?n; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish.
See Brown, a.]
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;
specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and
smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From
far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. --Dryden.
Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting
sun. --Cunningham.
Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing
by compression, as in making paper collars.
Meaning of Burnis from wikipedia
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Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an
American politician and
activist who is the
senior United States senator from Vermont.
Sanders is the longest-serving...
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Western Photographers ~
Burnis McCloud".
Denver Public Library History.
November 5, 2014.
Retrieved August 18, 2018. "
Burnis McCloud (1908–1990)". Denver...
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Chromodoris burni is a
species of
colourful sea slug, a
dorid nudibranch, a
marine gastropod mollusc in the
family Chromodorididae. This
species was described...
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Phyllidiopsis burni is a
species of sea slug, a
dorid nudibranch, a s****-less
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Phyllidiidae. This
species was described...
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Victodrobia burni is a
species of very
small freshwater snail with an operculum, an
aquatic gastropod mollusc in the
family Hydrobiidae. This species...
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Julia burni is a
species of a sea
snail with s**** of two
separate hinged pieces or valves, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Juliidae. The type...
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Acraea burni, the pale-yellow acraea, is a
butterfly of the
family Nymphalidae. The
larvae feed on
Laportea peduncularis,
Pouzolzia mixta and
Obetia tenax...
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Defends PKA
Middleweight World title.
November 28, 1977 Win
Burnis White Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Decision 9 2:00 12–0
Defends PKA Middleweight...
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Marcelino Torres N.K.L.
Event San Juan KO 1 0:30 17-0-0 1975-07-26 Win
Burnis White W.S.M.A.C.
Event Honolulu, Hawaii, USA KO (kick) 4 16-0-0 Retains...
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early form of the
surname when
derived from the
place name
Burnhouse is "
Burnis",
recorded in 1526. An
early form of the
surname when
derived from a nickname...
