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Noun: burnisher  bur-ni-shu(r)
  1. A hand tool with polished agate tips (or other gemstone) for rubbing the gold leaf in order to obtain a highly polished surface, used in gilding.
    - burnishing tool
     
  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
     
  3. One who burnishes

Derived forms: burnishers

Type of: hand tool

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