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furbelowing

furbelowing is the present participle and gerund of furbelow.

Meaning of furbelow

Verb

furbelow (third-person singular simple present furbelows, present participle furbelowing, simple past and past participle furbelowed)

  1. (transitive) To adorn with a furbelow; to ornament.
    • Mrs. Palmer, and her furbelowed daughters-in-law, who will probably carry enough of the scarlet fever about them, to remind you unpleasantly of the officiousness which preserved the lives of three daughters, when two might have been parted with advantageously enough.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “(please specify the page)”, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC...

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Questions about furbelowing

What is furbelowing the present participle and gerund of?
Furbelowing is the present participle and gerund of furbelow.

Words near furbelowing in the dictionary

  1. furbearing
  2. Furbee
  3. Furbees
  4. furbelow
  5. furbelowed
  6. furbelowing
  7. furbelows
  8. Furbies
  9. furbish
  10. furbish up
  11. furbished

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