burnish
verb (used with object)
to polish (a surface) by friction.
burnishment
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a word derived from
burnish.
Example Sentences
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It did not glitter in gaudy burnishment, as does our aquarium gold-fish, for example, but gleamed and melted and glowed as though fresh from the mould.
From The Mountains by White, Stewart Edward
