furbishing
- present participle of furbish.
Example Sentences
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Their invitation Dr. Fosdick expressed in a great exordium: The great east window of Chicago's Fourth Presbyterian Church has long needed proper furbishing in stained glass.
From Time Magazine Archive
After furnishing and furbishing his embassy residence to the tune of $1,000,000, the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Along with the doves, there was a great program for furbishing up the state buildings, the Russian embassy, the swank Bristol hotel; scaffolds lined the buildings on Unter den Linden.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within an hour after sunrise the Wagons were emptied of their contents, whilst every male of European descent above the age of ten was furbishing up a gun.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
But first I would ask, why went that knight and the lady and the dwarf just now into the town, and why is there so much furbishing of arms there?'
From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Gilbert, Henry
