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Furbish   /fˈərbɪʃ/   Listen
Furbish

verb
(past & past part. furbished; pres. part. furbishing)
1.
Polish and make shiny.  Synonyms: buff, burnish.  "Buff my shoes"



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"Furbish" Quotes from Famous Books



... ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle; Harness the horses, and get up ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; Furbish the spears, put on the ...
— Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature • Various

... protect himself the father now refused a home to the son, and Francois became a lodger at a boarding-house. He wrote plays and acted in them, penned much bad poetry, went in good society and had a very rouge time. Up to this period he knew little Latin and less Greek, but now he had an opportunity to furbish up on both. He found himself an inmate of the Bastile, on the charge of expressing his congratulations to the people of France on the passing of Louis the Fourteenth. In America libel only applies to live men, but the world had not then ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 • Elbert Hubbard



Words linked to "Furbish" :   smoothen, smooth, polish, shine



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