burnishing

burnishing

1. present participle and gerund of burnish

burnishing (plural burnishings)

1. A polishing.
   • 2001, Kenneth L. Woodward, The Book of Miracles:

     Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test.