furry 
Il.t A caterpillar. 
M if/>'i>i/'di. [It.], a 
(in rank: 
having 
fiirrie or a pair ^^^^^^^ 
Furry-day (fer'i-da), . A name given to the 
8th of May in part s of Cornwall, England, where 
that day is celebrated with ceremonies resem- ' 
bling the ancient May-day feasts. JKcfardyke, 
11. 1244. 
fur-seal (fer'sel), n. A seal with copious un- 
der-fur of commercial value: distinguished 
from hair-seal. The fur-seals all belong to the eared- 
seal family or Olarii,l,i\ bcinj: those which constitute the 
subfamily TJlophaeduf. Tlie best-known fur-seals, and 
2417 
L. i/rior, major), 
) = OFries. ' 
in front:" of the same ult. elements as furthi-r, 
adv.] 1. More remote; more distant than 
1 1 1 i 1 1 1 > cNf 
Since he went from Egypt 'tis 
\ space for further [farther in folio l(iii| travel. 
Shak., A. anil 0., ii. 1. 
The seer 
Went thro' the strait and dreadful pass of death, 
Not ever to he question'd any more, 
Save on the further side. 
Tennyson, Coming of Arthur. 
2. Additional; continued or continuing; ex- 
tending beyond. 
What /(/< need was there that another priest should 
r j se ? Hel). vil. 11. 
Theac. You gripe it too hard, sir. 
Malef. Indeed I do, hut have no further end in it 
But love ami tenderness. 
Massinger, Unnatural Combat, ii. 3. 
Satan had jonrney'd on, pensive and slow, 
But further way found none. Milton, P. L., iv. 174. 
fury 
- OS fnrtlioro In enterprises of pith a touch of stratagem often proves 
~= ML< j. r''i"l<r /'"'''''"""" Carl V 1 ''' Fr dl ilev " ' ' 6 ' 
furthest (fer'THest), ndr. and a. superl. [See 
further.] Superlative of far 1 . 
We llml by daily experience that those calamities may 
be nearest at hand, readiest to break in suddenly upon us, 
which e in regard of times or circumstances may imagine 
to \ furthest otf. llkrr, Ecclcs. Polity, v. 41. 
furtive (fer'tiv), a, [< OF. furtif, F. furtif = 
Sp. Pg. It. furtivo, < L. fm-tivus, stolen, pur- 
loined, hence also hidden, concealed, secret, < 
furtum, theft, robbery, < furari. steal, thieve, 
< fur, a thief: see furacious and ferret 1 .] 1. 
Stolen ; obtained by theft. 
Or dn they [planets] . . . 
Uart/ri'c Beams and Glory not their own, 
All Servants to that Source of Light, the Sun ? 
Prior, Solomon, i. 
2. Stealthy; thief-like. 
It would be impossible for such eyes to squint, and take 
furtive glances on this side and on that. 
Emerson, Essays, 1st ser., p. 22. 
That/iirttce mien, that scowling eye. K. Arnold. 
When once the fresh interest of a thing is exhausted, a furtively (fer'tiv-li), adv. In a furtive manner; 
further fixing of the attention costs i more ^and more effort. stealthi f y . 
She 
Did look upon him furtively 
In loving wise. 
J. Sully, Outlines of Psychol., p. 
Further assurance, in law, an instrument confirming 
Northern Fur-seal or Sea-bear (Callorhinus ttrsinta). 
those from which is derived the fur usually made into 
sealskin garments, are the northern sea-bears, Callorhi- 
nus ursinus, abounding on the Pribyloff islands in Bering 
sea, where J,hey gather by millions in the breeding season, 
but whence only about 100,000 skins are allowed to be 
taken annually by authorized persons. 
fursung (fer'sung), n. Same &sparascmg. 
furtt, n. [< L. furtum, theft: see furtum.] 
Theft. Davies. 
Break not the sacred league 
By raising eivil theft ; turn not your/itrt 
'Gainst your own bowels. 
Tomkis (?), Albumazar, v. 1. 
furth 1 !, adv. A rare Middle English form of 
forth 1 . 
furth 2 t, n. A rare Middle English form of 
ford. 
further (fer'THer), adv. compar. [Also dial. 
furder; < ME. further, farther (also ferther, far- 
ther, with the vowel of fer, far, mod. far\ > the 
irreg. farther, q. v., as compar. of far), < AS. 
further, furthur, further, forward, = OS.fwrtho 
= OFries. further, farther, further, =D. vordcrs, 
further, besides (cf. verder, adv. and adj., fur- 
the title intended to' have been secured by one already 
further (fer'THer), v. t. [Also dial, furder ; < 
ME. furtheren, furthren, fortheren, forthren, 
firthren, < AS. fyrthrian, fyrthran (= OFries. 
fordera = D. MLG. vorderen = OHG. furdircn, 
MHG. vurdern, G. fordern = Dan. (be-)fordre = 
furthor, further: see further, 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 131. 
furtum (fer'tum), n. [L., theft: see furtive.] 
In late, theft; robbery. 
furuncle (fii'rung-kl), 11. [= F.furoncle = Sp. 
furunculo = Pg. furunculo, frunculo = It.forun- 
' a pilferer, 
nted,sore dim j 
, To help V 8e e/wraols , furtive.] A circumscribed 
or urge onward or forward; promote ; advance ; P / 
forward. 
The same nyght ayenst day we made sayle, and hadde 
so esy wynde that lytell were wefurtherde therby. 
ther, more), = MLG. vorder = OHG. furdir, furtherance (fer'THer-ans), n. [Formerly also 
furdar, furdor, further, away, onward, MHG. furderance; < further, i'., + -ance.~] The act of 
vtirder, G. furder, onward, hereafter; not, as ' 
usually stated, a compar. of forth 1 (with com- 
inflammation of the skin, forming a necrotic 
central core, and suppurating and discharging 
the core ; a boil. 
Sir R'Guylf'orde, Pylgrymage, p. 77. furuncular (fu-rung'ku-lar), a. [< L. furun- 
The science of Astronomy, they say, was vauto furthered culus, a furuncle, + -arS ] Pertaining to or ex- 
r Enoch. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 38. hibitmg furuncles or boils. 
Neither do we read of any woman in the Gospel that fUTUnCUli, n. Plural of furunculus. 
assisted the persecutors of Christ, or furthered his afBic- furunCUlOSIS (fu-rung-ku-lo'sis), n. [NL., < fu- 
runculus + -osis.] In pathol. , the morbid state 
characterized by the presence of furuncles or 
boils, 
furunculus (fu-rung'ku-lus), n. ; pi. furunculi 
(-11). [L.] S'ame as furuncle. 
fury (fu'ri), n. ; pi. furies (-riz). [Early mod. 
E. also/wne; ME.furie,furye, < F./wric = Sp. 
Pg. It. furia, < L. furia, commonly in pi. furia;, 
rage, madness, fury; Furice, the Furies (also 
called Dirai, and (Gr.) Eumenides, Erinyes); < 
tions ; even Pilate's wife dissuaded it. 
Donne, Sermons, xxiii. 
He was not only satisfied with his Majesty's measures, 
but ready to further them to the utmost in his power. 
2f. To help or assist. 
But nathelesse hit ys my wille, quod she, 
To furtheren yow, so that ye shal nat dye, 
But turne sounde home to yonre Thcssalye. 
Chaucer, Good Women, 1. 1618. 
par. suffix -er s ), but compar. of fore 1 , AS. for, 
fore, with the different compar. suffix -ther, as 
in other, either, li'hether, nether, etc., the same 
as -ter in after : see for, fore 1 , and -ther, -ter. 
Forth 1 is formed from the same base, for, fore, 
fore, with the suffix (appar. demonstrative) -th. 
The superl. furthest is mod., and is due partly 
to further, regarded as furth-er, and partly to 
farthest for farrest. See farther, farthest.] 1. 
At or to a greater distance; more remotely; 
beyond, literally or figuratively: as, move fur- 
ther away; seek no further for happiness. 
Swythe further in the foreste he drowe [drew]. 
Sir Eglamour (Thornton Romances, ed. Halliwell), 1. 373. 
The/urAr he doth goe, the further he doth stray. 
Spenser, F. Q., I. ix. 48. 
Go on with me six miles further to my house, where 
you shall he extremely welcome. 
Cotton, in Walton's Angler, ii. 225. 
2. In addition ; to a greater extent ; by way of 
extension, progression, or continuation : as, I 
say further that no man knows the reason. 
Why troublest thou the Master any further) 
Mark v. 35. 
They further covenant* y 1 they will resigne & yeeld up 
the whole I'cuucnte cuntric, and every parte of it, to ye 
English collonies. 
Quoted in Bradford's Plymouth Plantation, p. 439. 
You shall hear further from me within a few Days. 
Howell, Letters, iii. 4. 
furthering or forwarding; promotion; advance- 
ment. 
I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for 
your furtherance and joy of faith. Phil. 1. 25. 
Surely that day was, by that good father's meanes, dies 
nat M! is to me for the whole foundation of the poore learn- 
yng I have, and of all the furderance that hitherto else- 
where I have obteyned. Ascham, The Scholemaster, ii. 
I am as unflt for any practical purpose I mean for 
the furtherance of the world's ends as gossamer for ship- 
timber. Thoreau, Letters, p. 7. 
furtherer (fer'THer-er), n. One who furthers 
or helps to advance ; a promoter. 
And in middes of outward injuries and inward cares, to 
encrease them withall, good Sir Richard Sackville dieth, 
that worthie gentleman, that earnest favourer and fur- 
therer of God's true religion. Ascham, The Scholemaster, i. 
furthermore (fer'THer-mor), adv. [< ME. fur- 
thermore, forther more (or mare) (=MLG. vorder- 
mer), also, reversely, more further (or farther), 
and, conjunctionally (def . 2), as one word, for- 
thermore : see further, adv., and more, adv.] 
If. Still further; yet further: in reference to 
place, position, or motion. 
Now wille I rede forther mare, 
And shew yhow of sum paynes that er thare. 
Hampole, Prick of Conscience, 1. 2892. 
Forthir mare gan he glyde. 
Sir Perceval (Thornton Romances, ed. Halliwell), 1. 2210. 
2. Moreover ; besides ; in addition to what has 
been said: a continuative adverb or conjunc- 
tion. 
Furthermore, whilst we eat (say they), then health, 
which began to be appaired, flghteth by the help of food 
against hunger. 
Sir T. Wore, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 7. 
To wish one further, to wish one in some other place, 
or out of the reach of something. [Slang.] 
Woman suffrage has had its inaugural experiment in 
Kansas, and it almost goes without saying that those who 
voted to confer the franchise on the sex must by this time 
have wished that they were "further" when they did so. 
Western Brewer, XII. 1028. 
further (fer'THer), a. compar. [Also dial, fur- furthermost (fer'THer-most), a. superl. 
der; not found as adj. in ME., where only the ther, a., + -most as in for 
forms belonging to far are used adjectively: thermore.] Most remote, 
see further, adv., and far 1 , farther, adv. and furthersome (fer'THer-sum), a. [< further + 
a. There was a similar and ult. related form, -some; an artificial formation.] Tending to 
ME. forther, fore, front, < AS. furthra, before further or promote ; helpful. 
152 
This will he send or come for : furthermore, 
Our son is with him ; we shall hear anon. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
^fur- 
ther, a., + -most as in foremost, q. v. Cf . fur- 
furere, rage, be furious.] 1. Extreme anger or 
rage ; anger or wrath which overrides all self- 
control ; a storm of anger ; madness. 
I do oppose 
My patience to his fury. 
Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. 
As they rode on thro' Garioch land, 
He rode up in nfury. 
The Rantin' Laddie (Child's Ballads, IV. 101). 
Thoult see my sword with/Mrie smoke. 
Robin Hood and the Tanner's Daughter (Child's Ballads, 
[V. 338). 
2. Violent or impetuous action of any kind; 
vehement manifestation of force ; violence. 
Foundations here are of a Christian Temple ; and two 
towers of marble, that have better resisted the fury of 
time. Sandys, Travailes, p. 18. 
It was not the Ships only that felt the fury of this storm, 
but the whole Island suffered by it. 
Dampier, Voyages, II. iii. 71. 
On the western coast of Britain, where the Atlantic 
breakers roll in upon the shore, they have been known to 
exert a pressure of between three and four tons on every 
square foot of surface exposed to their fury. 
Huxley, Physiography, p. 167. 
3. Enthusiasm; inspired or frenzied excite- 
ment of the mind. 
Her staring eyes with sparkling fury roll, 
When all the god came rushing to her soul. 
Dryden, ^Eneid. 
4. [cop.] In classical myth., one of the avenging 
deities, called in Greek mythology the Erinyes 
or, by euphemism, Eumenides, and by the Bo- 
mans the Furisa or Dirse, daughters of Earth or 
of Night, represented as fearful maidens, often 
winged, and with serpents twined in their hair, 
clad in dusky garments girdled with red. They 
dwelt in the depth of Tartarus, and, owing to their dread 
power of avenging wrong, whether intentional or not, were 
feared by gods and men. According to fully developed 
Greek tradition, they were three in number and called 
Tisiphone, Alecto, and Mcgrera. They relentlessly pun- 
ished crime, especially breaches of piety and hospitality, 
both before and after death. They were therefore also 
regarded as goddesses of fate, in common with the Parcie ; 
hence the use of the name in the extract from Milton. 
Comes the blind Fru with the abhorred shears, 
And slits the thin-spun life. Hilton, Lycidas, 1. 75. 
