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Meanings of furbish in English

Portuguese
polir
Catalan
polir
Spanish
abrillantar

Polish and make shiny.

        polir
        Usage of furbish in English
        1
        Take thee a wife, and furbish her harness to some tune.
        Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3
        2
        Oh, don't furbish it, Lord Warburton- ,leaveit alone.
        The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1
        3
        We arrived in time to furbish up and get to the English church before services began.
        A Tramp Abroad
        4
        My own man will dust you off and furbish you up in no time at all.
        Green Fancy
        5
        Could we not furbish it up a little?
        Esther : a book for girls
        6
        She had seen Eudaldo furbish her father's weapons in that way since she had been a child.
        In the Palace of the King: A Love Story of Old Madrid
        7
        Yes, violets and roses look very pretty together, and I'll pin them into your hat and furbish it up.
        Wild Kitty
        8
        Harness the horses, and get up, ye horsemen: stand forth with helmets, furbish the spears, put on coats of mail.
        The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
        9
        And lackeys will wander forth with scented notes of their mistresses, and many a gallant will furbish up his buckles.
        The Grey Cloak
        10
        Spain and Portugal, in the midst of all these eager rivalries, were tempted to furbish up their old and half-dormant claims.
        The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
        11
        Denis, my two brothers-in-law, and I had a vehicle to ourselves, which it had not been thought necessary to furbish up.
        Paddy Finn
        12
        I intend to furbish up our family history and mythology, and then I shall assert that I attach no importance to them.
        Youth and Egolatry
        13
        They could easily furbish up some story, and as Braddock doubtless had money, could easily buy a passage for a large sum.
        The Green Mummy
        14
        Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
        History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
        15
        After the long rest they had been able to brush and furbish up their best uniforms, until they were both neat and bright.
        The Star of Gettysburg: A Story of Southern High Tide
        16
        Probably, as we carried some of the guns, they took us for a party of hunters who wished to furbish up before revisiting civilization.
        A Columbus of Space
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        Translations for furbish
        Portuguese
        polir
        Catalan
        polir
        Furbish through the time