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burnish [′bər·nish] (engineering) To polish or make shiny. (metallurgy) To develop a smooth, lustrous surface finish by tumbling with steel balls or rubbing with a hard metal pad. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It burnishes or smooths rough edges of the inner neck finish and top seal surface, and it can discharge bottles upright. Still, Burns burnishes the material with his usual soulful care. Despite the weightiness of her themes, Johnson, with her unconventional humor and lightness, burnishes each story so that the ordinary becomes something else entirely. |
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