Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who burnishes or polishes.
- noun A tool of various shapes and material, but commonly with a smooth, slightly convex head, used for polishing in various processes and operations, as in porcelain-painting, dentistry, etc.
- noun An instrument of tempered steel, with slightly curved polished sides and rounded point, used by etchers and line-engravers to remove roughnesses, scratches, and stains from the surface of a metal plate.
- noun In shoemaking, a polishing-machine which holds the shoe firmly while a heated steel tool is pressed with force against the heel or sole, previously moistened with a preparation of varnish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who burnishes.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tool used to
burnish , for making smooth and shiny by rubbing.
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Examples
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She was a retired burnisher at Bruce Fox in New Albany.
Knits and Notes FUZZARELLY 2007
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‘Verily, then, I may enter,’ said Kai, ‘for there is no better burnisher of swords than I.’
The Lilac Fairy Book 2003
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- Burnishing of the ridge by moving the scraper burnisher along the longitudinal narrow faces and pressing it towards the wide face.
2. Types and Mode of Action of Smoothing and Sanding Tools Rolf Jakoby 1993
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- Burnishing of the wide faces by means of a scraper burnisher humidified with oil until there is no ridge anymore.
2. Types and Mode of Action of Smoothing and Sanding Tools Rolf Jakoby 1993
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Scraper burnisher to be firmly pressed on the wide face during burnishing.
2. Types and Mode of Action of Smoothing and Sanding Tools Rolf Jakoby 1993
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Using the rib burnisher with the spongy side down, she picked up a dab of the cooled red fat, and rubbed the mixture into the prepared bison skin, pressing hard as she held the hide in her hand.
The Mammoth Hunters Auel, Jean M. 1985
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Also, cotton, alcohol, punches and a flat - faced burnisher. '
Gorky Park Smith, Martin Cruz, 1942- 1981
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It was a cabochon stone and the blade of his burnisher closed the bezel deftly.
The 9th Directive Hall, Adam 1966
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The gold leaf is laid on the still wet edge, and when slightly dry is covered with a sheet of paper and rubbed down with a burnisher, and when entirely dry is burnished again with a smooth piece of agate or bloodstone.
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The parts of the plate that are too light are made darker by rubbing down the surface of the plate with a tool called the burnisher.
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