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Webster 1913 Edition

Furbish

Fur′bish

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Furbished

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Furbishing

.]

[OE.

forbischen

, OF.

forbir

,

furbir

,

fourbir

, F.

fourbir

, fr. OHG.

furban

to clean. See

.]

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.

Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Furbish

FUR'BISH

,

Verb.

T.

To rub or scour to brightness; to polish; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear; to furbish arms.