The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
1 polished, burnished. 2 reconditioned. v
(en-past of: furbish)
Usage examples of "furbished".
In addition to imparting the rudiments of the art to beginners, he was to brush out the fencing-room every morning, keep the foils furbished, assist the gentlemen who came for lessons to dress and undress, and make himself generally useful.
It was a well-worn, comfortable camp of wooden-stockade construction, thoroughly furbished over many decades of use.
The principal thing was to keep the adjectives well furbished – the rest was a matter of dates and statistics.