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burnished, ppl. a.|ˈbɜːnɪʃt|
[f. burnish v.1]
1. Made bright and shining as by friction, polished.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 77 As bornyst syluer þe lef onslydez. 1413Lydg. Pilgr. Sowle v. v, Bryght bornyshed gold. c1470Henry Wallace ii. 130 Hys byrnyst brand he byrstyt at ye last. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. ii. ii. 196 The Barge..like a burnisht Throne Burnt on the water. a1775Pope Odyss. iv. 66. 1789 Wordsw. Even. Walk, The whole wide lake..like a burnished mirror glows.
b. fig.
1853Bright Sp. India 3 June (1876) 11 The glossed and burnished statement.
2. transf. Having the appearance of polished metal; bright, shining, glossy.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. A. 220 Bornyste quyte watz hyr uesture. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. ii. i. 2 The shadowed liuerie of the burnisht sunne. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 501 Serpent..With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold. 1827Keble Chr. Y., Burial of Dead iii, Let some graceful arch be there..With burnish'd ivy for its screen.
b. Of deer: (see the vb.)
1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, 232 Chase Whole Burnish't Herds. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 422 A Steer..whose Head..with burnish'd Horns begins to spread. |