FURBISH

buff, burnish, furbish

(verb) polish and make shiny; “buff the wooden floors”; “buff my shoes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

furbish (third-person singular simple present furbishes, present participle furbishing, simple past and past participle furbished)

To polish or burnish.

To renovate or recondition.

Synonyms

• (to make smooth and shiny by rubbing): wax, shine, polish, buff, burnish

Anagrams

• burfish

Source: Wiktionary


Fur"bish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbished; p. pr. & vb. n. Furbishing.] Etym: [OE. forbischen, OF. forbir, furbir, fourbir, F. fourbir, fr. OHG. furban to clean. See -ish.]

Definition: To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. Shak. Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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