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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burnish \Bur"nish\, verb (used without an object) 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burnish \Bur"nish\, noun The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. --Crashaw.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Burnish \Bur"nish\, verb (used with an object) [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}, adjective] 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
burnish
noun: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: {polish}, {gloss}, {glossiness}]
verb: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" [syn: {buff}, {furbish}, {flush}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "burnish": buff, dress, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, polish, rub, rub up, sand, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, shine, sleek, slick, slick down, smooth, varnish, wax
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