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English Dictionary: furbished by the DICT Development Group
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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.
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