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Dictionary Results for burnished:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

burnished
    adj 1: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting
           a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a
           burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it
           fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining
           glasses"; "shiny black patents" [syn: bright,
           burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare
         From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air.
                                                  --Dryden.
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         Now the village windows blaze,
         Burnished by the setting sun.            --Cunningham.
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   Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing
      by compression, as in making paper collars.
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