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bur⋅nish

  [bur-nish]
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–verb (used with object)
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.
–noun
4. gloss; brightness; luster: the burnish of brass andirons.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME burnissh < AF burniss-, MF bruniss- (long s. of burnir, brunir to darken, polish), equiv. to brun- brown + -iss- -ish 2

Related forms:
bur⋅nish⋅a⋅ble, adjective
bur⋅nish⋅ment, noun

Synonyms:
1. buff, shine.
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Word Origin & History

burnish 
c.1325, from O.Fr. burniss- extended stem of burnir, metathesis of brunir "to make brown/bright, polish," from brun "brown, polished," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.N. brunn "bright, polished, brown").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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