burnisher
Americannoun
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a person who burnishes.
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a tool, usually with a smooth, slightly convex head, used for polishing, as in dentistry.
Etymology
Origin of burnisher
First recorded in 1400–50, burnisher is from the late Middle English word burnessher. See burnish, -er 2
Example Sentences
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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
The grisette is a milliner, or laundress, or dressmaker, or embroiderer, or burnisher, or stringer of pearls, or something else—but she has a trade.
From Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 by Kock, Charles Paul de
The Scraper.—The scraper is more efficacious than the burnisher in the case of small places that have been deeply bitten.
From A Treatise on Etching by Lalanne, Maxime
The color brightened, it may be repolished with an agate burnisher while the edges are held closely pressed together.
From Book Repair and Restoration by Buck, Mitchell
Quick burnishing must always be avoided; it heats the gold, which rubs off under the burnisher, and causes holes which can never be remedied.
From Practical Bookbinding by Adam, Paul
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