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
On fine, close, and equal work the burnisher does excellent service, the effect being analogous to that of the crumb of bread on a design on paper.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
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
The burnisher flattens and enlarges the surface of the copper, and consequently diminishes the width of the line.
From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne
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 Charles Paul de Kock
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