Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BURN'ISH-ER, n.

1. The person who polishes, or makes glossy.
2. An instrument used in polishing, of different kinds. It may be a piece of round polished steel, a dog's or wolf's tooth, a piece of copper, agate or pebble, &c. It is used for giving a gloss or smoothness to metals, to the edges of books, &c.