Part 4652

<h1>Furniment</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur"ni*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fourniment</ets>. See <er>Furnish</er>.]</ety> <def>Furniture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Furnish</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur"nish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Furnished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Furnishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>furnir</ets>, <ets>fornir</ets>, to <ets>furnish</ets>, <ets>finish</ets>, F. <ets>fournir</ets>; akin to Pr. <ets>formir</ets>, <ets>furmir</ets>, <ets>fromir</ets>, to accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. <ets>frumjan</ets> to further, execute, do, akin to E. <ets>frame</ets>. See <er>Frame</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and <er>-ish</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; <as>as, to furnish a family with provisions; to <ex>furnish</ex> one with arms for defense; to <ex>furnish</ex> a Cable; to <ex>furnish</ex> the mind with ideas; to <ex>furnish</ex> one with knowledge or principles; to <ex>furnish</ex> an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.</as></def>

<blockquote>That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly <b>furnished</b> unto all good works. <i>2 Tim. iii. 17,</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; <as>as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Ye are they . . . that <b>furnish</b> the drink offering unto that number. <i>Is. lxv. 11.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>His writings and his life <b>furnish</b> abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Furnish</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur"nish</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Greene.</i>

<h1>Furnisher</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur"nish*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who supplies or fits out.</def>

<h1>Furnishment</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur"nish*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Daniel.</i>

<h1>Furniture</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fur"ni*ture</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>fourniture</ets>. See <er>Furnish</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.</def>

<blockquote>The form and all the <b>furniture</b> of the earth. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The thoughts which make the <b>furniture</b> of their minds. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.</def> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The masts and rigging of a ship</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The mountings of a gun</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <fld>(Print)</fld> <def>Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase</def>.

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called <i>mixture</i>.</def>

<h1>Furoin</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fu"ro*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Furfurol</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A colorless, crystalline substance, <chform>C10H8O4</chform>, from furfurol.</def>

<h1>Furore</h1> <Xpage=604>

<hw>Fu*ro"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <def>Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.</def>