ATDDTA(10) Bob Meldrum Signs Off

[bekah]

See what happens to a Pynchon host?  It gets into the marrow.  Can't 
quit.  Annotate everything.

You did a great job,  Keith.  Thanks.  Hope to see you on the Host 
List again later.   :-)

Bekah

At 11:01 PM -0700 6/9/07, Keith wrote:
>http://tinyurl.com/2uatpz
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>WEBSTER'S:
>Displaying 3 result(s) from the 1913 edition: Burnish (Page: 194)
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>Bur"nish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished (#); p. pr. & vb. n. 
>Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF. burnir, brunir, 
>to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun brown, fr. OHG. brn; 
>cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish. See Brown, a.] 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.
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>     The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and 
>seemed to thaw the freezing air. Dryden.
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>     Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting sun. Cunningham.
>
>Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing by 
>compression, as in making paper collars. Burnish (Page: 194)
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>Bur"nish, v. i. To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and 
>glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
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>     A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as 
>his brothers do. Dryden.
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>     My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell. Herbert.
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>Burnish (Page: 194)
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>Bur"nish, n. The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw.
>Displaying 1 result(s) from the 1828 edition:
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>BURN''ISH, v.t. To polish by friction; to make smooth, bright and 
>glossy; as, to burnish steel.
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>BURN''ISH, v.i. To grow bright or glossy.
>
>BURN''ISH, n. Gloss; brightness; luster.
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>On Jun 9, 2007, at 10:51 PM, mikebailey wrote:
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>your burnishing added some luster - thanks for hosting...