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FURBELOW v. 2 definitions
To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
FURBISH v.
To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. Shak. Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. Shak.
FURBISHABLE a.
Capable of being furbished.
FURBISHER n.
One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
FURCATE; FURCATED a.
Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.
FURCATION n.
A branching like a. fork.
FURCIFEROUS a.
Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.
FURCULA n.
A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.
FURCULAR a.
Shaped like a fork; furcate.
FURCULUM n.
The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
FURDLE v.
To draw up into a bundle; to roll up. [Ods.]
FURFUR n.
Scurf; dandruff.
FURFURACEOUS a.
Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.
FURFURAN n.
A colorless, oily substance, C4H4O, obtained by distilling certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; -- called also tetraphenol.
FURFURATION n.
Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation.
FURFURINE n.
A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.
FURFUROL n.
ained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural.
FURFUROUS a.
Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread." Sydney Smith.
FURIAL a.
Furious; raging; tormenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FURIBUNDAL a.
Full of rage. [Obs.] G. Harvey.
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