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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Burnish \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.
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