Burnished
['bə:niʃt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Burnish
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Examples
- No matter how heavy the plate, if it is not properly burnished or hardened after plating, the article will not give satisfaction in long wear. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It is then scratch-brushed, burnished and, in some patterns, the handle is greyed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Like a shimmering waterfall turned to burnished metal by a dying sun it fell about her oval face; in waving lines, below her waist it tumbled. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The grapes, overripe, had fallen on the ground, or hung purple, or burnished green, among the red and yellow leaves. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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