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Webster 1913 Edition
Burnisher
Bur′nish-er
,Noun.
1.
One who burnishes.
2.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Burnisher
BURN'ISHER
,Noun.
1.
An instrument used in polishing, of different kinds. It may be a piece of round polished steel, a dog's or wolf's tooth, a piece of copper, agate or pebble. &c. It is used for giving a gloss or smoothness to metals, to the edges of books, &c.