Part 4655

<blockquote>You will not find it <b>furthersome</b>. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Furthest</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"thest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See <er>Further</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Furthest</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"thest</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>At the greatest distance; farthest.</def>

<h1>Furtive</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>furtivus</ets>, fr. <ets>furtum</ets> theft, fr. <ets>fur</ets> thief, akin to <ets>ferre</ets> to bear: cf. F. <ets>furtif</ets>. See <er>Fertile</er>.]</ety> <def>Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; <as>as, a furtive look</as>.</def>

<i>Prior.</i>

<blockquote>A hasty and furtive ceremony. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Furtively</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Stealthily by theft.</def>

<i>Lover.</i>

<h1>Furuncle</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"run*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>furunculus</ets> a petty thief, a boil, dim. of <ets>fur</ets> thief: cf. F. <ets>furoncle</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.</def>

<h1>Faruncular</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fa*run"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a furuncle; marked by the presence of furuncles.</def>

<h1>Fury</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fur</ets>.]</ety> <def>A thief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Have an eye to your plate, for there be <b>furies</b>. <i>J. Fleteher.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fury</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fu"ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Furies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>furia</ets>, fr. <ets>furere</ets> to rage: cf. F. <ets>furie</ets>. Cf. <er>Furor</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm. Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence.</def> "<i>Fury</i> of the wind."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>I do oppose my patience to his <b>fury</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>pl. <fld>(Greek Myth.)</fld> The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Meg\'91ra; the Erinyes or Eumenides.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>Furies</b>, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him. <i>Emerson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One of the Parc\'91, or Fates, esp. Atropos.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>