| 单词 | fine-burnish |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfine-burnish b. With verbs, forming verbs, as fine-burnish, fine-finish, etc. See also fine-draw v., fine-tune v., etc. ΚΠ 1818 J. H. Reynolds in Yellow Dwarf 28 Feb. 68/1 Mr. White called forth all his sweetest words, and fine-pointed his sentences. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 40 Women, who carefully fine-burnish the bows with a polished steel instrument. 1870 J. H. Ewing Brownies 196 Nurse must sit up..fine-darning great..holes in Amelia's muslin dresses. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 162/1 The interior of the jacket and other hoops are..finished before the exterior of the barrel is fine-turned. 1979 M. Palin Diary 2 Feb. in Python Years (2006) 532 Julian is finding it almost impossible to spend any time on his own fine-cutting the movie without constant interruptions. 2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar xxi. 194 Wayne devoted more time and obvious care to fine-finishing the braces than he did to..putting the inlays on the fingerboard. < as lemmas |
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