furnished 
pvpr is necessary; equipped for use: as, a/ur- 
in.ilii'il house; fiintixhed rooms. 2. Inker.: (a) 
Same as armed, in some cases, as when applied 
to the horns of a stag : as, a hart furnished with 
six antlers. (6) Caparisoned; fitted with sad- 
dle, bridle, etc. : said of a horse, 
furnishedness (fer'nisht-nes), . The state of 
being furnished or equipped. [Bare.] 
In such a sense it was [attributed] to the ternary in re- 
spect of the fulness and vfell funiijhfiinritg of the earth. 
l)r. II. M<irr, Appendix to Defence of Cabbala, iv. 11. 
furnisher (fer'nish-er), n. One who furnishes 
or provides supplies of any kind ; specifically, 
one who equips or fits up with suitable furniture 
and fittings: as, a house-furnisher. 
And some gave out the Dutchess of Lauderdale as a re- 
setter of Argyle sinee his forfeiture, and a furnisher of him 
with money. State Trials, J. Mitchel, an. 1677. 
furnishing (fer'nish-ing), . [Verbal n. of fur- 
nish, v.] 1. The act of providing with furni- 
ture or fittings of any kind. 2. pi. Fittings of 
any kind ; especially, the smaller articles used 
in fitting up anything, as a building, vehicle, 
etc. : as, builders' or upholsterers' furnishings. 
3t. A subsidiary appendage or adjunct; an 
incidental part. 
Something deeper, 
Whereof, perchance, these are but/wrttwAi/t'M. 
Shot., Lear, iii. 1. 
furnishment (fer'msh-ment), n. [< OF. four- 
nissement, fornissement ; "a furnish + -mcnt.] 
1. The act of furnishing. 2. A supply of fur- 
niture or things necessary. 
No other thing was thought or talked on, butonely prep- 
arations and furmnhiiieiitx for this businesse. 
Daniel, Hist. Eng., p. 98. 
Yet, with all this furnithment, out of a custom which 
modesty had observ'd, Sir Thomas deprecated the burthen. 
Bp. llacket, Abp. Williams, I. 178. 
Purveyor for tile army ; . . . vastly rich ; grown so as con- 
tractor of furnixhmfnts which he never furnishes. 
/.. H'ullare, Ben-Hlir, p. "M. 
furniture (fer'ni-tur), H. [< Y.fourniture (= Sp. 
It.fomitura), a supply, or the act of furnishing, 
(fournir, furnish: see/ui'HW/i 1 .] 1. In general, 
that with which anything is furnished or sup- 
plied to fit it for operation or use ; that which 
fits or equips for use or action ; outfit ; equip- 
ment: as, the furniture of a war-horse, or of a 
microscope; table furniture. 
He furnished himself for the fight, but not in hia wonted 
furniture. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. 
To ileedes of urines and proofe of chevalrie 
They gan themselves addresse, full rich aglliz d, 
As each one had h\n furniture* deviz'd. 
Speiuer, . Q., V. iii. 4. 
The sufficient reply to the skeptic, who doubts the power 
and the furniture of man, is in that possibility of joyful 
intercourse with persons which makes the faith and prac- 
tice of all reasonable men. Emerson, Character. 
2. The act of furnishing. [Kare.] 
The order and furniture of all was done by diuine proui- 
dence. Purchatf, Pilgrimage, p. 60. 
3. Collectively and specifically (a) Those 
movables required for use or ornament in a 
dwelling, a place of business or of assembly, 
etc. 
The Protector was magnificent, ami had he lived to com- 
plete Somerset-house, would probably have called in the 
assistance of those artists, whose works are the noblest 
furniture. Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting, I. vi. 
The furniture of the room, and the little China orna- 
ments on the mantelpiece, have a constrained, unfamiliar 
look. T. B. Aldrieh, Bad Boy, p. 68. 
(6) The necessary appendages in various em- 
ployments or arts, as the brasswork of locks, 
door-knobs, and window-shutters, the masts 
and rigging of a ship, the mounting of a mus- 
ket, etc. 
The forgings of the furniture are all made by one man, 
who gives all his time to furniture forging. 
W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 244. 
(p) In printing, the pieces of wood or metal 
placed between and around pages of typ to 
keep them the requisite distance apart and to 
aid in securing them in the chase. 3. In or- 
gan-building, one of the varieties of mixture- 
stops Beveled furniture, in printing. See beveled. 
Labor-saving furniture, in printing, furniture cut 
by system, so that pieces of different lengths and widths 
can be readily combined. 
furniture-plush (fer'ni-tur-plush), . A plush 
made entirely of mohair, or with a mohair fill- 
ing and a cotton warp, used for covering house- 
hold furniture. Also called Utrecht velvet. 
furniture-print (t'er'ni-tur-print), n. See 
oUnfei. 
furniture-Stop (fer'ni-tur-stop), . In organ- 
building, a mixture-stop. 
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furo (fii'ro), n. [ML., a ferret, lit. a thief: seo 
frrn-ti.] A name of the ferret ; the technical 
specific name of I'liturins fur. See ferret 1 . 
furoles (fu-rolz '), n. j>l. [< OF. furoles, F. 
fiirnlles. fiery exhalations; popular dim. (cf. 
equiv. OF. flammerolles) of feu, fire, < L. focii.t. 
fireplace: see focus, fuel.] Same as eorpoxniil. 
furor (fu'ror), . [< L. furor, a raging, mad- 
ness, fury, <furere, rage, be furious: see fury.] 
Fury; rage ; mania; specifically, an overpower- 
ing passion for or on account of something. 
This science in his pcrfcrtiim can not grow but by some 
dinine instinct: the Platonicks call itfuror: or by excel- 
lencie of nature and complexion. 
I'nttenhaiit, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 1. 
80 strong was the furor of play upon him. 
t;<,l<l*initli, Richard Nash. 
furore (fo-ro're), n. [It., < L. furor, madness: 
see furor.] Same i as/i/w. 
furr-ahin (fur'a-hin), . [So., </r 2 ,//r, fur- 
row, -I- ahin, ahint, behind: see ahint, ahin.] 
The hindmost horse on the right-hand side of 
the plow, which walks on the furrows. 
My/urr-o/u'' a wordy beast. 
As e'er in tug or tow was traced. 
Burn*, The Inventory. 
furr-chuck (fer'chuk), w. [Appar. a variation 
of furze-chat.] Same as furze-chat. [Prov. 
Eng. (Norfolk).] 
furred (ferd), a. 1. Provided or covered with 
fur or something resembling it : as, a furred 
robe; & furred tongue. 2f. Made or become 
thick and coarse, as vocal sounds. 
Her voice, for want of use, is so furred that it do not 
at present please me ; but her manner of singing is such 
that I shall, I think, take great pleasure in it. 
Pepy*, Diary, II. 470. 
furrier (fer'i-er), M. [< ME., < OV. fourreur, a 
furrier, a skinner, < fourrer, fur: see fur 1 , n. 
and v.] A dealer in or a dresser of furs; one 
who makes or sells articles of weariug-apparel, 
etc., made of fur. 
furriery (fer'i-er-i), H. ; pi. furrieries (-iz). [< 
furrier + -y: see -ery.] 1. Furs in general. 
No labour can ever be turned to so good account as what 
is employed upon their furrieries. 
Citok, Voyages. VII. vi. ti. 
2. The trade of a furrier. 
furrlly (fer'i-li), adr. In a furry manner; with 
a covering of fur. Byron. 
furring (fer'ing), . [< ME. furrynyr; verbal n. 
of furl, r. In sense 3 sometimes written im- 
prop. Jirring, in simulation of fir.] 1. Furs; 
peltry; trimmings of fur. 
Hem faileth no fttrminie ne clothes at full. 
Piers Plowman'* Crede (E. E. T. .), 1. 604. 
A sort of hedgehog with heavy furriiui and short legs. 
Sei. Amur., N. S., LV. 129. 
2. A deposit resembling fur, as of scale in a 
steam-boiler or of epithelium on the tongue. 
With honie it [a gargarism of milke] ninth the rough- 
ness & furring ot the tongue. Holland, tr. of Pliny, xx. 14. 
When . . . water is heated, the carlionic acid is ex- 
pelled, and the lime salts are deposited in an insoluble 
form, such as the furring in a tea-kettle or Ixiiler. 
H'. L. Carpenter, Soap and Candles, p. 212. 
3. In carp. : (a) The nailing on of thin strips 
of board, as to joists and rafters, in order to 
bring them to a level to form an even surface, 
or in other positions for various purposes. 
(6) pi. The strips thus nailed on. (c) Strips 
fastened to a solid wall of a house for nailing 
laths on, and to provide an air-space between 
the wall and plastering. 
fUTTOW (fur'6), . [Also dial, fur, four; < ME. 
furwe, forowe, forwe, forgh, furcli, etc., < AS. 
furh = OFries. furch = OD. vo're, D. roor = MLG. 
core, LG. fore = OHG. furuh, MHG. vurch, G. 
furche, a furrow ( Dan . fiire = Sw.f&ra, a furrow, 
prob. < LG. ), = Icel. for, a drain. Cf . L. porca, 
a ridge between two furrows, a balk.] 1. A 
trench in the earth, especially that made by a 
plow. 
And yf ich jede to the plouh, ich pynchede on hus half- 
acre, 
That a fot-londe other a f'onre fecchen ich wolde. 
Purs Plowman (C), vii. 268. 
What time the labour'd ox 
In his loose traces from the furrow came. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 292. 
2. A narrow trench or channel, as in wood or 
metal, or in a millstone; a groove; a wrinkle. 
My glass shall not persuade me I am old 
So long as youth and thotl are of one date ; 
But when in thee time's furrou's I behold, 
Then look I death my days should expiate. 
Sltak., Sonnets, xxii. 
Specifically 3. In zool., a sulcus or wide 
groove, generally rounded at the bottom, and 
furry 
extending longitudinally on the animal or part ; 
one of the spaces between costal or longitudinal 
ridges.- Furrow of the cerebrum. Same m fivnire 
of JioUiniio (which see, under fissmre). Furrow of the 
corpus callosum, the groove between the gyrus forni 
catns and the corpus callosum. Gouge-furrow, a fur- 
row concave at bottom. Leader-furrow, a furrow ex- 
tend inn from the eye to the skirt of a millstone. Primi- 
tive furrow, In enibryol., the first trace of the formation 
of the nervous axis of a vertebrate, being a groove a Inn 
tin- hack, soon converted into a tube, the future cerebro. 
<l/inal axis.- Second furrows, furrows extending from 
the leaders nearest to the eye of a millstone. Sklrt-fur- 
rows, furrows branching from the leaders nearer to the 
skirt of a millstone. 
furrow (fur'6), r. t. [< ME. "furieen (not 
found), < AS. furan (for "furhan), in glosses 
(L. sulcarc, scribere) (= OHG. furhaii, MHG. 
furhen, G. furchcn = Dan. fitre = Sw. /<Jrvi), 
cut a furrow in, <.furh, a furrow: see furroir, 
n.] 1. To cut a furrow in; make furrows in ; 
plow. 
A long exile thou art assigned to bere ; 
Long to furrow large space of stormy seas. 
Surrey, Mneid, ii. 
While the plowman, near at hand. 
Whistles o'er thefurrow'd land. 
Milton, L'Allegro, 1. 64. 
I struck straight into the heath ; I held on to a hollow 
I saw deeply furrowing the brown moor-side ; I waded 
knee-deep in its dark growth. 
Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, xxviii. 
2. To make narrow channels or grooves in; 
mark with or as with wrinkles. 
Thou canst help time to furrow me with age, 
hut stop no wrinkle in his pilgrimage. 
Shak., Rich. II., i. 3. 
How can she weepe for her sinne, that must bare her 
skin therewith, &\nifurrowe her face? 
Vive*, Instruction of a Christian Woman, i. 0. 
New descending Rills 
t'tirrou' the Hrows of all th' impending Hills. 
Conffreve, Death of Queen Mary. 
In vain fair cheeks were furrow'd with hot tears. 
'Byron, childe Harold, ill. 20. 
furrow-drain (fur'6-dran), r. t. In agri., to 
drain, as land, by making a drain at each fur- 
row, or between every two ridges. 
furrowed (fur'od), a. [< furrow + -e(T 2 .] Hav- 
ing longitudinal channels, ridges, or grooves; 
suTcate: as, & furrowed stem. 
Their figures . . . have round staring eyes, pendant 
limbs, and fm-rou-ed draperies, and represent sculpture at 
its lowest stage of degradation. 
C. C. Perkiim, Italian Sculpture, Int., p. xvii. 
Furrowed band, a band of indented gray matter con- 
necting the uvula of the cerel>ellum with the amygdala 
on either side. 
furrow-faced (fur'6-fast), . Marked or carved 
with furrows. 
I ... expose no ships 
To threatnings of the furrow .face d sea. 
B. Jongon, Volpone, i. 1. 
furrowing (fur'o-iug), M. [Verbal n. of furrow, 
r.] iTrhe act of making a furrow. 2. In 
emhryol., the process of segmentation of the 
yolk of an egg in some animals, as Amphibia. 
It is an unequal cleavage, which gives the 
appearance of furrows on the surface of the 
germ. 
furrowing-machine (fur'6-ing-iua-sheu' r ), n. 
A millstone-dresser. 
furrOW-Slice (t'ur'6-slis), M. A narrow slice of 
earth turned up by the plow. 
furrow-weed (fur'6-wed), . A weed growing 
on plowed land. 
He was met even now 
As mad as the vex'd sea : singing aloud ; 
Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weed*. 
Shak., Lear. iv. I. 
fUTTOWy (fur'o-i), a. [< furrow + -y 1 .] Fur- 
rowed; full of or abounding in furrows. 
A double hill ran up hisfurrowy forks, 
Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale. 
Tennygon, Princess, iii. 
furry (ttr'i), . and H. [< fur 1 + -y 1 .] I. a. 
1 . Bearing fur ; covered with fur. 
Their thread being the sinews of certain small beaatj, 
wherewith they sow their furs which clothe them, the/'/rrv 
side in summer outward, in winter inward. 
Milton, Hist. Moscovia. 
From Volga's hanks th' imperious Czar 
Leads forth his furry troops to war. 
Fenton, To Lord Gowcr. 
2. Consisting of fur or skins. 
Winter ! thou hoary venerable sire, 
All richly in thy furry mantle clad. 
Howe, Ode for the New Year, 1717. 
3. Resembling fur. 4. Coated with a deposit 
of fur. See fur 1 , n., 4. 
Two foggy decanters, half full of the remnants of yes- 
terday's libation, with a sort of furry rim just over the 
surface. Hook, Gillwrt Gurney, III. iv. 
