(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:17:10

Bur"nish*er (?), n.

1.

One who burnishes.

2.

A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.

 

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