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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. DisfurnishDisfurnish Dis*fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.]
To deprive of that with which anything is furnished
(furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute;
to divest.
I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that
can raise me higher. --Massinger. DisfurnishedDisfurnish Dis*fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.]
To deprive of that with which anything is furnished
(furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute;
to divest.
I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that
can raise me higher. --Massinger. DisfurnishingDisfurnish Dis*fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfurnished;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing.] [Pref. dis- + furnish.]
To deprive of that with which anything is furnished
(furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute;
to divest.
I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of All merit, that
can raise me higher. --Massinger. Disfurnishment
Disfurnishment Dis*fur"nish*ment, n.
The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished.
--Daniel.
Furnish
Furnish Fur"nish, n.
That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.
[Obs.] --Greene.
FurnishFurnish Fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Furnishing.] [OF. furnir, fornir, to furnish,
finish, F. fournir; akin to Pr. formir, furmir, fromir, to
accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to further, execute,
do, akin to E. frame. See Frame, v. t., and -ish.]
1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate;
to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as,
to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with
arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind
with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles;
to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works. --2 Tim. iii.
17,
2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give
(something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry:
to furnish arms for defense.
Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering
unto that number. --Is. lxv. 11.
His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs
that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay. FurnishedFurnish Fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Furnishing.] [OF. furnir, fornir, to furnish,
finish, F. fournir; akin to Pr. formir, furmir, fromir, to
accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to further, execute,
do, akin to E. frame. See Frame, v. t., and -ish.]
1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate;
to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as,
to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with
arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind
with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles;
to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works. --2 Tim. iii.
17,
2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give
(something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry:
to furnish arms for defense.
Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering
unto that number. --Is. lxv. 11.
His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs
that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay. Furnisher
Furnisher Fur"nish*er, n.
One who supplies or fits out.
FurnishingFurnish Fur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furnished; p. pr. &
vb. n. Furnishing.] [OF. furnir, fornir, to furnish,
finish, F. fournir; akin to Pr. formir, furmir, fromir, to
accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan to further, execute,
do, akin to E. frame. See Frame, v. t., and -ish.]
1. To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate;
to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as,
to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with
arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind
with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles;
to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works. --2 Tim. iii.
17,
2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give
(something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry:
to furnish arms for defense.
Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering
unto that number. --Is. lxv. 11.
His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs
that he was not a man of strong sense. --Macaulay. Furnishment
Furnishment Fur"nish*ment, n.
The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also,
furniture. [Obs.] --Daniel.
Reffurnishment
Reffurnishment Ref*fur"nish*ment (-ment), n.
The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished.
The refurnishment was in a style richer than before.
--L. Wallace.
Refurnish
Refurnish Re*fur"nish (-n?sh), v. t.
To furnish again.
Underfurnish
Underfurnish Un`der*fur"nish, v. t.
To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.
--Collier.
Unfurnish
Unfurnish Un*fur"nish, v. t. [1st pref. un- + furnish.]
To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip.
Meaning of Urnish from wikipedia
- by M. Lombardi-Nash (1899; Jacksonville, FL:
Urania M****cripts, 2023).
Urnish People:
Causes and
Nature of Uranism.
Translated by M. Lombardi-Nash (1903;...
