- Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated. - To make smooth in various senses - To free from grit; to reduce to an impalpable powder
or paste. - To mix thoroughly, as liquids or semiliquids. - To polish. - To make smooth in action. - Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist
condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.
- Buff - To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish;
specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as,
to burnish brass or paper. - To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and
glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large. - The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster.
- One who burnishes. - 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.