单词 | furbish |
释义 | furbishv. 1. transitive. To remove rust from (a weapon, armour, etc.); to brighten by rubbing, polish, burnish. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > polish [verb (transitive)] > polish metal furbishc1380 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxi. 9 The swerd is whettid and furbishid. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 31 A swerde Whiche me ought to furbysshe. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxiiii. sig. Siiii Varlettes were furbusshynge..of theyr maysters harneys. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 70 In heaven..your swords are furbushed and sharpened, by him that made their metall. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 197 I..furbish'd up one of the great Cutlashes. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xiii. 415 Corslets furbish'd bright. 1852 N. Hawthorne Golden Fleece in Tanglewood Tales (1879) 215 As soon as they could furbish up their helmets. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. i. 13 Old arms newly furbished. 2. a. To brush or clean up (anything faded or soiled); to give a new look to (an object either material or immaterial); to do or get up afresh, renovate, revive. Chiefly with up, occasionally over. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > renovate or renew > refurbish refresh1468 recoct1562 repolish1577 furbish1587 vamp1599 interpolate1623 vamp1632 new-vampa1640 revamp1803 refurbish1824 to fig up1825 rehabilitate1878 face-lift1939 refurb1970 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xvii. 314 The Soule, which must be fayne to be, as it were, newfurbished. 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia vi. sig. E2 Thei'le flowt a man behind his backe, if he Be not trim furbish'd, and in decencie. 1629 N. Carpenter Achitophel (1640) iii. 131 He shewed himselfe ambitious to file and furbish over the staine of his shamefull life. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xi. 397 This infection [sc. Pelagianisme] was to come to this Iland in after-ages, furbished up under a new name. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 105 Their ancient houses, running to decay, Are furbish'd up. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 28 The University Statutes..were afterwards corrected, methodized, and furbisht over with excellent Latine. 1715 N. Rowe Lady Jane Gray iii. i They furbish up their Holy Trumpery. 1774 J. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 5 I might be furbishing up my old reading in Law and History. 1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. 228 Some part of the furniture was to be furbished, some to be renewed. 1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby III. viii. iii. 218 What we want..is not to..furbish up old Baronies; but to establish great principles. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > be or become restored [verb (intransitive)] > be refurbished furbish1697 1697 J. Dennis Plot & no Plot i. 12 Go, get you gone and furbish, you little young Dog. Derivatives ˈfurbished adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [adjective] polisheda1382 forbed1413 furbishedc1430 smeltc1540 nitid1615 neat-polished1729 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > renovating or renewing > renovated or renewed > refurbished new-vamped1649 vamped1714 furbished1775 rechauffeed1841 revamped1847 done-up1849 refurbished1853 réchauffé1921 face-lifted1941 refurb1965 c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) i. iii. 2 A foorbushed swerd wel grownden. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. ii. 32 The Norweyan Lord..With furbusht Armes, and new supplyes of men, Began a fresh assault. 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions II. 159 For all the furbish'd up stuff it contains. ˈfurbishing n. also attributive and used gerundially with the omission of in. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] polishing1419 glazingc1440 furbishing1463 interpolation1623 furbishment1850 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal > refurbishment repolishing1592 interpolation1623 furbishinga1640 furbish1839 refurbishing1844 revamping1849 furbishment1850 revamp1852 refurbishment1881 refurb1976 1463 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 226 My mastyre payd to Robyn the armerere..ffor xij. dayis werke in fforbeshynge, iij. s. a1640 J. Ball Answer to Iohn Can (1642) i. 90 A new furbishing over of the same broken staffe. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 40. 264 These..are lately furbishing up to shine out at some favourable Conjuncture. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 30 Aug. 188 The tarnished lace having been subjected to a furbishing process. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 438 To this the arts of fulling and..furbishing attend in a number of minute particulars. ˈfurbish n. the action of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal > refurbishment repolishing1592 interpolation1623 furbishinga1640 furbish1839 refurbishing1844 revamping1849 furbishment1850 revamp1852 refurbishment1881 refurb1976 1839 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 171 Had a general furbish of all the gear and stores. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1380 |
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