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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.
Meaning of Burnish from wikipedia
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Burnishing may
refer to:
Burnishing (metal),
plastic deformation of a
surface due to
sliding contact with
another object Burnishing (pottery), pottery...
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Burnishing is the
plastic deformation of a
surface due to
sliding contact with
another object. It
smooths the
surface and
makes it shinier. Burnishing...
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Roller burnishing is a
surface finishing technique where hardened rollers cold work
surface imperfections to
reduce surface roughness.
Roller burnishing differs...
- A
burnisher is a hand tool used in
woodworking for
creating a burr on a card s****er. Purpose-manufactured
burnishers are
polished smooth,
typically made...
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incidents involving Mad
Burnish, a
group of
radical Burnish accused of
being terrorists. As Galo
accomplishes the mission, Mad
Burnish leader Lio
Fotia is...
- and Peng, but the trio of
friends will have to stay one-step
ahead of
Burnish, a
wealthy man
intent on
capturing a Yeti, and
zoologist Dr. Zara to help...
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Burnishing is a form of
pottery treatment in
which the
surface of the pot is polished,
using a hard
smooth surface such as a
wooden or bone spatula, smooth...
- A
propane burnisher is a type of
rotary floor burnisher, a
floor buffing (polishing) device, that is
powered by propane. It is
designed to
rotate in speeds...
- used,
stropping may
remove a
small amount of metal.
Stropping can also
burnish (i.e. push
metal around on) the blade. The
strop may be a
hanging strop...
- lift beads, a
burnishing tool is used to push the
metal around the stone. The
stone will be
roughly flush with the surface, with a
burnished or
rubbed edge...