FURNITURE

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. The form and all the furniture of the earth. Tillotson. The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds. M. Arnold.

2.
n.

Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.

3.
n.

The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.

4.
n.

Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.

5.
n.

A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.


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