burnisher
- noun
- /ˈbɜrnɪʃər/
- Specialized
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burnisher
- And here I am taking the burnisher and burnishing some scholar swatches, some premier swatches.
Examples
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The media, facing fragmentation and declining budgets, have paid less attention to the crucial committees, especially the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, thus diminishing their value as reputation burnishers on Capitol Hill.
Academic text (2018) -
Finally, once the plate had been oiled, a steel burnisher was drawn across its surface to create a mirrorlike sheen.
Academic text (1995) -
Ethold-that-was-Aethyr Ylfewen furled the note and hid it in the hollow handle of her ivory wing burnisher.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Saturday's muse, Sunday's burnisher of dead passion, scratches awake on Monday with a belch and a remote groan.
Fiction book (1998) -
The artist used a burnisher to polish the gold leaf, giving it a beautiful shine.
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After applying the gold leaf, she carefully passed the burnisher over the surface to smooth it out.
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In gilding, a burnisher is essential for achieving a smooth finish on the decorated surface.
Synonyms
A small hand tool with a smooth stone tip used to rub gold leaf to make it very shiny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Burnisher comes from the verb burnish, which came from an old French word meaning 'to make brown' and is the same root as the English word brown. A burnisher is the tool that rubs metal or gold to make it smooth and shiny, so the name fits its job.
