From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
furbish
v : polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my
shoes" [syn: buff, burnish, flush]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]