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Meanings of burnished steel in English

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Usage of burnished steel in English
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Instantaneously heaven opened, and the lightning fell, attracted by the burnished steel.
Dreams and Dream Stories
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The icy ones of burnished steel were far too new.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
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The office door opened and the young secretary wheeled in a burnished steel trolley.
Desperate cargo
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He bought a new and wonderful swinging crib of burnished steel for the baby.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
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He still wore breeches; but his were of coarse blue cloth, with burnished steel buckles.
An Historical Mystery (The Gondreville Mystery)
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His whole life seemed like a rod of burnished steel- apassion-prooflife, a fire-proofrod.
Stories by English Authors: The Sea
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Their leader alone wore a burnished steel helmet, and carried a long halberd over his shoulder.
Vandrad the Viking; Or, The Feud and the Spell
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Does burnished steel ever drop tears like these?
The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
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He was lounging back with his slippered feet resting on the burnished steel foot-rests of the stove.
The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
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His keen eyes shone like burnished steel.
The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
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The cerulean was bright and unflecked with a speck of vapor, like a concave mirror of burnished steel.
The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
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A tower shining like burnished steel.
Knife of dreams
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From dark corners and doorways, from the street and the plaza, burnished steel gleamed and cries of Hold!
Purity of blood
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Below was the valley of the Thames, in which the river lay like a band of burnished steel.
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
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It was a rather curious one of Moorish workmanship, made of dull silver inlaid with arabesques of burnished steel.
The picture of Dorian Gray (First printing version)
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A cold light on burnished steel is the only simile I can think of-perfecthardness, perfect coldness, lustre without depth!
The Window-Gazer
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