burnish

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To make (something, such as a surface) bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; to polish, to shine.

   “In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.”

2. fiil Of a stag: to remove the velvet (“skin and fine fur”) from (its antlers) by rubbing them against something; to velvet.

   “The Stagg or Buck burnisheth his head, by rubbing it againſt the trees, Het Hart wrijſt ſijn hooſt tegen de boomen.”

3. fiil To make (someone or something) appear positive and highly respected.

   “If a Lye, after it is molded, be not ſmooth enough, there is no inſtrumẽt to burniſh it, but an oath; Svvearing giues it cullor, & a bright complexion.”

4. fiil To become bright, glossy, and smooth; to brighten, to gleam, to shine forth.

   “Hovv you itch Michaell, hovv you burniſh! / VVill not this ſouldiers heat out of your bones yet, / Doe your eyes glovv novv?”

5. isim A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
6. isim A shiny layer applied to a surface or other thing.
7. isim The making of something bright, shiny, and smooth by, or (by extension) as if by, rubbing; (countable) an instance of this; a burnishing, a polishing, a shining.

   “With a good burnish, the old table should fetch a higher price.”

8. fiil Of a person's body: to grow large or stout; to fatten, to fill out.

   “A man Grovveth in heigth and length untill he be one and tvventie yeares of age: then beginneth he to ſpread and burniſh in ſquareneſſe.”

9. fiil Of a thing: to increase in size; to expand, to spread out, to swell.

   “My thoughts began to burniſh, ſprout, and ſvvell, / Curling vvith metaphors a plain intention, / Decking the ſenſe, as if it vvere to ſell.”