polish, gloss, glossiness, burnish
(noun) the property of being smooth and shiny
buff, burnish, furbish
(verb) polish and make shiny; “buff the wooden floors”; “buff my shoes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
burnish (third-person singular simple present burnishes, present participle burnishing, simple past and past participle (obsolete) burnisht or burnished)
(transitive) To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
(intransitive) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
(metaphoric) To make appear positive and highly respected.
• (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, polish, furbish, buff
burnish
Polish; lustre.
Source: Wiktionary
Bur"nish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished; p. pr. & vb. n. Burnishing.] Etym: [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF. burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun brown, fr. OHG. br; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish. See Brown, a.]
Definition: 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.
Bur"nish, v. i.
Definition: 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.
Bur"nish, n.
Definition: The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 January 2025
(noun) a severe dermatitis of herbivorous domestic animals attributable to photosensitivity from eating Saint John’s wort
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