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
This work may be polished by a flint burnisher, but should not be varnished.
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The burnisher must be held quite level, the long handle fixed against the shoulder and the lower end firmly gripped with both hands just above the metal fastening.
From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam
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
When it is believed that the proper degree of dryness has been obtained, the edge is polished with a burnisher.
From Practical Bookbinding by Paul Adam
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