单词 | furbisher |
释义 | furbishern. One who furbishes. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > polishing > [noun] > one who furberc1415 furbisherc1440 burnisherc1450 frubbishera1529 polisher1552 glazer1586 frubber1612 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 470/1 Foorbyschowre, eruginator. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 31 Denis the fourbysshour Hath of me a swerd. 1594 Mirrour Policie (1599) 257 The which Armourers, Fourbushers, Cutlers, and such like doe furnish. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxx. 199 Ogier the Dane was a Furbisher of armour. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 344 Wherein are..employed about 14 furbishers, in cleaning, repairing, and new-placing the arms. 1840 P. Hawker Diary (1893) II. 172 About getting Long the appointment of furbisher at the Tower. 1881 J. Evans Anc. Bronze Implem. 5 A furbisher of every cutting instrument in those metals. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440 |
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