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单词 furbish
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furbishv.

Brit. /ˈfəːbɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfərbɪʃ/
Forms: Middle English–1500s furbusshe, Middle English–1600s furbush, (Middle English forbisch, fourbosh, Middle English forbesh, foorbush, 1500s furbisshe, 1600s forbush), Middle English forbysch(yn, Middle English–1600s f(o)urbyssh(e, Middle English– furbish.
Etymology: < Old French forbiss- lengthened stem of forbir (= Provençal forbir, Italian forbire), < Old High German furban in the same sense.
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.
absolute.1624 F. Quarles Job Militant in Divine Poems iii. li Or if, by forbushing, he [the potter] take more paine To make it fairer, shall the Pot complaine?figurative.c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 224 Men shulden not holde al gold þat shyneþ as gold, for many þingis ben fourboshid ful falseli.1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 134 b He hath somewhat furbushed the old rusty Argumentes of other raynebeaten souldiours.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. iii. 76 With thy blessings steele my launces point, That it may enter Mowbraies waxen cote, And furbish new the name of Iohn a Gaunt.1654 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxix. 25 He had so fourbished the sword of Justice with the Oyle of Mercy.
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.
b. intransitive for reflexive. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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).
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