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Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 17, 2009burnish \BUR-nish\, verb, noun: 1. to make shiny by polishing A burnish on the copper pots made them very attractive. The craftsman burnished and refurbished metalworks. c.1325, from Old French burniss-, extended stem of burnir, metathesis of brunir "to make brown/bright, polish," from brun "brown, polished," from a Germanic source | |||||||||
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