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burnish

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burnish

In ceramics, the process of smoothing and polishing. A burnisher, a tool with a smooth, rounded stone or metal surface, is used to achieve the required degree of finish.
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Charlotte would burnish up past foolishness, and this might upset her nerves.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
Yet, in saying this, I do but indirectly burnish a little brighter the noble merit of the poem and the poet.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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