Found 3 items, similar to Burnishing.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: burnish
berkilauan, memoles, mengkilap, mengkilapkan, mengupam, upam
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: burnish
burnish
n : the property of being smooth and shiny [syn:
polish,
gloss,
glossiness]
v : polish and make shiny;
“buff the wooden floors”;
“buff my
shoes” [syn:
buff,
furbish,
flush]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Burnishing
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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