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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