Definition of Furbish

1. Verb. Polish and make shiny. "They furbish the glass tubes"; "Buff my shoes"

Exact synonyms: Buff, Burnish
Generic synonyms: Polish, Shine, Smooth, Smoothen
Derivative terms: Buff, Buffer, Buffer, Burnish

Definition of Furbish

1. v. t. To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear.

Definition of Furbish

1. Verb. To polish or burnish. ¹

2. Verb. To renovate or recondition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furbish

1. to polish [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: polish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furbish

furaquinocin
furazabol
furazan
furazans
furazolidone
furazolidones
furbaby
furball
furbearer
furbearers
furbelow
furbelowed
furbelowing
furbelows
furbish (current term)
furbish up
furbishable
furbished
furbisher
furbishers
furbishes
furbishing
furbisht
furcal
furcal nerve
furcate
furcated
furcately
furcates

Literary usage of Furbish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of by Ezra Scollay Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker, Lewis Publishing Company, Lewis publishing company, Chicago (1908)
"William furbish was one of the earliest settlers of this state, and so far as known he is the only American immigrant of this family. (I) William furbish ..."

2. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1897)
"JEREMIAH furbish & another vs. PETER GOODNOW. mi oral promise to pay the debt of another is within the statute of frauds, if the original debtor remains ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1902)
"Conopholis has been collected at Fryeburg by the late Edwin Faxon, and at South Poland by Miss furbish." — ARTHUR H. NORTON, Westbrook, Maine. ..."

4. Reports of Judgments of Hon. Edward Fox, United States District Judge for by Edward Fox, Thomas Hawes Haskell, United States, United States District Court (Maine), District Court (Maine (1888)
"Be Albert B. furbish. them, and sti remains in an unfinished state. The firm of Swett & furbish was dissolved in 1874, and furbish secured from Swett an ..."

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