(mythology) In Sumerian religion, a class of spirits who had escaped the underworld, either by their own power or by being summoned forth by a priest.

(transitive) To put in a pillory. / (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse. / (transitive) To criticize harshly.

simple past tense and past participle of burnish

(rare) The study of roads or paths.