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1699. Lond. Gaz., No. 2654/4. 7 Silver Tankards, one unburnished weighing about 32 Ounces.
1795. Southey, Joan of Arc, VII. 40. Their bucklers lay Unburnishd and defiled.
1842. Tennyson, Ulysses, 23. How dull it is to pause, to make an end, To rust unburnishd, not to shine in use!
1894. Daily News, 11 Nov., 5/2. An olive branch in old unburnished gold is thrown across the oak branches.