furbish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: furbish	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for furbish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
furbish v polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes" Synonym(s): buff, burnish, furbish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Furbish \Fur"bish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Furbished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Furbishing}.] [OE. forbischen, OF. forbir, furbir, fourbir, F. fourbir, fr. OHG. furban to clean. See {-ish}.] 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.