burnisher

American  

[bur-ni-sher] / ˈbɜr nɪ ʃər /

noun

1. a person who burnishes.

2. a tool, usually with a smooth, slightly convex head, used for polishing, as in dentistry.

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Etymology

Origin of burnisher

First recorded in 1400–50, burnisher is from the late Middle English word burnessher. See burnish, -er ²

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Example Sentences

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burnisher

When I was older, he brought home presstype, sheets of alphabets in different fonts that you would transfer to illustration board by rubbing the waxy paper with a burnisher until the letter stuck.

From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2022

Next, he rubbed it with emery paper, and finished it with a burnisher.

From The Tale of Timber Town by Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus) Grace

Next screw the book tightly up in the cutting press, and after wiping the edge with a waxed rag, burnish well with a flat agate burnisher.

From Paper and Printing Recipes A Handy Volume of Practical Recipes, Concerning the Every-Day Business of Stationers, Printers, Binders, and the Kindred Trades by J. Sawtelle Ford

On such a ground the engraver works up his design, and, by the skilful use of scraper and burnisher, obtains a series of tones or almost imperceptible gradations.

From Engraving for Illustration Historical and Practical Notes by Joseph Kirkbride

Finally the burnisher is brought into play alternately with the graver and point to give perfectness and finish.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

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