burnished

English

Adjective

burnished (not comparable)

1. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:

     The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

Verb

burnished

1. simple past tense and past participle of burnish