burnished

== English == === Alternative forms === burnisht === Verb === burnished simple past and past participle of burnish === Adjective === burnished (not comparable) Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher). 1700, John Dryden, "Palamon and Arcite", in Fables, Ancient and Modern: The frame of burnish'd steel, that cast a glareFrom far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. (figurative) Blazing, bright. ==== Derived terms ====