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Matted :: Matted (a.) Having a dull surface; unburnished; as, matted gold leaf or gilding..

Flatting :: Flatting (n.) A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size..

Polish :: Polish (v. t.) To make smooth and glossy, usually by friction; to burnish; to overspread with luster; as, to polish glass, marble, metals, etc..

Furbish :: Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear..

Politeness :: Politeness (n.) High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.

Burnisher :: Burnisher (n.) 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..

Broach :: Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper..

Rub :: Rub (v. t.) To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; -- often with up or over; as, to rub up silver..

Burnish :: Burnish (n.) The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.

Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..

Tantalum :: Tantalum (n.) A rare nonmetallic element found in certain minerals, as tantalite, samarskite, and fergusonite, and isolated as a dark powder which becomes steel-gray by burnishing. Symbol Ta. Atomic weight 182.0. Formerly called also tantalium..

Burnish :: Burnish (a.) To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper..

Slicker :: Slicker (n.) A kind of burnisher for leather.

Burned :: Burned (p. p.) Burnished.

Foil :: Foil (n.) A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; -- employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones..

Burnisher :: Burnisher (n.) One who burnishes.

Burnished :: Burnished (imp. & p. p.) of Burnis.

Glass :: Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher..

Burnish :: Burnish (v. i.) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large..

Agate :: Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing..

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