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Definition of Burnishes
1. burnish [v] - See also: burnish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Burnishes
Literary usage of Burnishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1858)
"... burnishes this down, applies another coating, burnishes this down, and so on,
until the gold is about one-hundredth part the thickness of the silver. ..."
2. The Great industries of the United States: being an historical summary of by Horace Greeley (1873)
"1 Another machine trims and burnishes the edges, and still another burnishes the
heels. The bottoms are then scoured on sanded rollers, revolving b}' power, ..."
3. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1858)
"... burnishes this down, applies another coating, burnishes this down, and so on,
until the gold is about one-hundredth part the thickness of the silver. ..."
4. The Montreal Law Reports: Court of Queen's Bench by James Kirby (1887)
"One other point was made, that the machine used by appellants burnishes the under
edge of the ... The patented machine burnishes quite as well as the other. ..."
5. Catching's Compendium of Practical Dentistry (1894)
"Then he leaves this matrix of gold in there, and burnishes that down after he
has pressed it into place. When he gets it all right to set, he makes some ..."
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