[bur-nish] 
| 1. | to polish (a surface) by friction. |
| 2. | to make smooth and bright. |
| 3. | Engraving. to flatten and enlarge the dots of (a halftone) by rubbing with a tool. |
| 4. | gloss; brightness; luster: the burnish of brass andirons. |
| bur·nish (bûr'nĭsh) tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es
[Middle English burnishen, from Old French burnir, burniss-, variant of brunir, from brun, shining, of Germanic origin; see bher-2 in Indo-European roots.] bur'nish·er n. |
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