burnish(n = noun.attribute) gloss, glossiness, polish - the property of being smooth and shiny;
is a kind of smoothness, effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shine
has particulars: french polish, glaze
Derived form verb burnish₁

   burnish(v = verb.contact) buff, furbish - polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
is one way to polish, shine, smooth, smoothen
Derived form noun burnish₁
Sample sentences: They burnish the glass tubes

   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. [1913 Webster]
"The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare
From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air." [1913 Webster]
"Now the village windows blaze,
Burnished by the setting sun." [1913 Webster]

   To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large. [1913 Webster]
"A slender poet must have time to grow,
And spread and burnish as his brothers do." [1913 Webster]
"My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell." [1913 Webster]

   The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw. [1913 Webster]

burnish, v.tr. polish by rubbing.

Derivative:
burnisher n.

Etymology:
ME f. OF burnir = brunir f. brun BROWN

VB  be beautiful, shine, beam, bloom, become one, set off, grace, render beautiful, beautify, polish, burnish, gild, set out, snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.

VB  smooth, smoothen, plane, file, mow, shave, level, roll, macadamize, polish, burnish, calender, glaze, iron, hot-press, mangle, lubricate.