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burnish
(encz) | burnish,leštění n: Zdeněk Brož |
burnish
(encz) | burnish,leštit v: Zdeněk Brož |
burnish
(encz) | burnish,naleštit v: Zdeněk Brož |
burnish
(encz) | burnish,vyleštit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Burnish
(gcide) | Burnish \Bur"nish\, n.
The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
--Crashaw.
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Burnish
(gcide) | 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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Burnish
(gcide) | Burnish \Bur"nish\, v. i.
To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as
from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
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A slender poet must have time to grow,
And spread and burnish as his brothers do. --Dryden.
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My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell.
--Herbert.
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burnish
(wn) | burnish
n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
v 1: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish] |
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burnished
(mass) | burnished
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burnish
(encz) | burnish,leštění n: Zdeněk Brožburnish,leštit v: Zdeněk Brožburnish,naleštit v: Zdeněk Brožburnish,vyleštit v: Zdeněk Brož |
burnished
(encz) | burnished,leštěný adj: Zdeněk Brožburnished,vyleštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
burnisher
(encz) | burnisher,hladítko n: Zdeněk Brožburnisher,leštič n: Zdeněk Brož |
unburnished
(encz) | unburnished,nehlazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Burnished
(gcide) | 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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Burnisher
(gcide) | Burnisher \Bur"nish*er\, n.
1. One who burnishes.
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2. 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.
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Burnishing
(gcide) | 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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Burnishing machine
(gcide) | 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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Unburnished
(gcide) | Unburnished \Unburnished\
See burnished. |
burnish
(wn) | burnish
n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
v 1: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, furbish] |
burnished
(wn) | 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] |
unburnished
(wn) | unburnished
adj 1: of metals e.g.; not made shiny and smooth by friction |
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