furbish
verb (used with object)
to restore to freshness of appearance or good condition (often followed by up).
furbisher
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a word derived from
furbish.
Example Sentences
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Where the innate capacity is good, education may make an impression upon it; but no furbisher knows how to give a polish to iron which is of a bad temper.
From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 by James Ross
Ogier the Dane was a furbisher of armour.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Peter Anthony Motteux
With metal-workers we may also put Furber or Frobisher, i.e. furbisher, of armour, etc.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
An English sea-king has immortalised the trade of the Frobisher, or furbisher, and a famous bishop bore the appropriate name of Latimer, for Latiner.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
