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Definition of Burnishers
1. burnisher [n] - See also: burnisher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnishers
Literary usage of Burnishers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work / by Virginia Penny by Virginia Penny, Penny, Virginia, b. 1826 (1863)
"He pays his burnishers $3 a week. Another decorator told me he pays his ...
He says, in busy seasons it is difficult to get enough of good burnishers. ..."
2. Economic Geology; Or, Geology in Its Relations to the Arts and Manufactures by David Page (1874)
"burnishers. Though tools of hard-tempered and highly-polished steel are mostly
used for ... burnishers of highly- tempered steel are also largely used; ..."
3. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals: Comprising Electro by Georg Langbein (1909)
"Fig. ost common forms of burnishers of steel :st be free from cracks and highly
polished. : from blemishes they are ..."
4. The Magazine of Science, and Schools of Art (1842)
"The burnishers used for this pupose, are of two kinds, some of steel, ...
These are polished with emery, like steel burnishers, and are finished by being ..."
5. The watchmakers' hand-book: Intended as a Workshop Companion for Those who by Claudius Saunier, Edward Rigg, Julien Tripplin (1881)
"7, plate XI., to determine the depth of cut. 240. Beaupuy files and burnishers.—Most
watchmakers are acquainted with the files and burnishers that M. ..."
6. Dangerous Trades: The Historical, Social, and Legal Aspects of Industrial by Sir Thomas Oliver (1902)
"Diseases due to occupations involving exposure to excessive light or heat, or
both, such as burnishers, steel melters, electric welders, ..."
7. A Text-book of Operative Dentistry by Thomas Fillebrown (1889)
"Finishing instruments consist of files and burnishers. Fig. 47 shows Smith's
proximal trimmers. Numerous appliances, in addition to these, are used, ..."
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