[Middle English burnishen, from Old French burnir, burniss-, variant of brunir, from brun, shining, of Germanic origin; see bher-² in Indo-European roots.]

burnish·er n.

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burnishing [ˈbɜːnɪʃɪŋ] n → brunitura

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buff burnish burnished Burnishing machine effulgence French polish furbish glaze gleaming gloss glossiness lustrous mezzotint Polish polished radiancy refulgence refulgency Seether			This stream had been the good angel of my thoughts all the day, keeping them ever moving and ever fresh, cleansing and burnishing them, quite an open-air laundry of the mind. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context There were not cleaner windows, or whiter floors, or brighter Stoves, or more highly shining articles of furniture in old mahogany; there was not more rubbing, scrubbing, burnishing and polishing, in the whole street put together. Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context Samuel Weller happened to be at that moment engaged in burnishing a pair of painted tops, the personal property of a farmer who was refreshing himself with a slight lunch of two or three pounds of cold beef and a pot or two of porter, after the fatigues of the Borough market; and to him the thin gentleman straightway advanced. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context			burned burned-out burned-over burner Burnet burnet bloodwort Burnet moth Burnet saxifrage Burnett Burnettize Burney Burnham Burnham scale Burnie Burniebee burning burning at the stake burning bush Burning fluid burning glass Burning house Burning mirror burnish burnished Burnisher burnishing Burnishing machine Burnley burnoose burnous burnouse burnout burnout velocity Burns Burns Night burns unit Burnside burnsides Burnstickle Burnsville burnt burnt almond Burnt ear burnt lime burnt offering Burnt sacrifice burnt shale burnt sienna burnt sugar burnt umber burnt-out			Burning Up Burning Up in Speed burning velocity Burning with urination Burning with urination Burning with urination burning-brand test burning-bush burning-bush burning-bush Burning-glass Burning-glass burning-quality index burning-rate constant burningly burningly burningly burningly burnish burnish burnish burnished burnished burnisher burnisher burnisher burnishers burnishers burnishes burnishes burnishing Burnishing machine Burnley Burnley Burnley Caving Club Burnley Football Club Burnley, England Burnley, England Burnley, Lancashire Burnley, Lancashire burnoose burnooses Burnouf, Eugene Burnouf, Eugène burnous burnouse burnouses burnout burnout burnout burnout burnout Burnout 3: Takedown burnout density burnout poison Burnout Risk burnout velocity burnout velocity Burnouts Burnouts Burnouts

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