Look up: burnishing

1. Burnishing
   Dry polishing of a hardened unfired piece to produce a glaze-like surface which may be fired.
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2. Burnishing
   Rubbing a surface with stone or a hard implement condensing the surface and creating a reflective surface. In gilding, rubbing the clay and/gold surface with a hound's tooth, agate or hematite stone. Burnishing a water-gilt surface produces the most reflective gold surface possible. Burnishing is of...
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3. Burnishing
   Polishing by friction. In woodturning this is usually carried out by holding a handful of shavings against the revolving workpiece. The shavings should come from the work being burnished.
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4. Burnishing
   The process of finishing a metal surface by contact with another harder metal to improve it. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish.
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5. Burnishing
   A method of engraving on metal that allows for wider line widths than diamond engraving without having to rout deeply into the material. It is a surface technique generally done on coated metals such as lacquered brass. A faceted, rotating tool called a burnisher removes the lacquer coating and exposes the bare metal.
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6. burnishing
   forming a film of oxide on the article,particularly to improve its appearance Category: Iron and steel industries • the smoothing of metal surfaces by means of a hard tool Category: Chemistry
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7. Burnishing
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burnish
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8. burnishing
   (from the article `pottery`) When the clay used in early pottery was exceptionally fine, it was sometimes polished or burnished after firing. Such pottery—dating back to 6500 and ...
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9. Burnishing
   The technique whereby gold or silver is brought to a high finish by rubbing the surface with a hard smooth object such as agate or other hardstone, a dog's tooth (presumably removed from the dog) or very high grade steel.
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10. BURNISHING
    Shiny or lustrous spots on a paint surface caused by rubbing.
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11. BURNISHING
    Shiny or lustrous spots on a paint surface caused by rubbing.
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12. BURNISHING
    The act of rubbing greenware (clay) with any smooth tool to polish it, and tighten the surface.
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13. Burnishing
    [metal] Burnishing is the plastic deformation of a surface due to sliding contact with another object. Visually, burnishing smears the texture of a rough surface and makes it shinier. Burnishing may occur on any sliding surface if the contact stress locally exceeds the yield strength of the ...
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