Definition of Furbelowing

1. Verb. (present participle of furbelow) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Furbelowing

1. furbelow [v] - See also: furbelow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Furbelowing

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

Literary usage of Furbelowing

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

1. The Metropolitan (1843)
"... and though it was as plain as the Friend's first fashion, yet its entire simplicity and freedom from everything in the shape of trimming or furbelowing, ..."

2. A Collection from the Newspaper Writings of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers by Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1847)
"And there is no ruffling or furbelowing in the uniform of the plain-clad people, but their material is as rich as a Jew. The city has all the tidiness and ..."

3. A Collection from the Newspaper Writings of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers by Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1847)
"And there is no ruffling or furbelowing in the uniform of the plain-clad people, but their material is as rich as a Jew. The city has all the tidiness and ..."

4. A Collection from the Miscellaneous Writings of Nathaniel Peabody Rogers by Nathaniel Peabody Rogers (1849)
"They go up to their thresholds over the white Italian marble.—And there is no ruffling or furbelowing in the uniform of the plain-c\ad people, ..."

5. Sermon, Proceedings and Addresses in Commemoration of the Fiftieth by Mass First Church and Society (Leicester (1862)
"She has turned the old dress lower end up, backside in front, and inside out, and tastefully furbelowing it, it really seems just ..."

6. The Oratorical Dictionary by John Newland Maffitt (1835)
"FU'NICLE. s. A small cord; a fibre, adj. funicular. FUR'BISH. o. To burnish, to FUR/BELOW. • s. A kind of trimming, v. furbelow ;pr. par. furbelowing; past, ..."

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