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See Fury, 3.

A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin. [Written also furil.]

Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as, furilic acid.

With great force or vigor; vehemently.

Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal.

To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.

A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two hundred and twenty yards.

To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence to, as to an offcer or soldier.

Same as Frumenty.

An inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as for reducing ores or melting metals, for warming a house, for baking pottery, etc.; as, an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace; a glass furnace; a boiler furnace, etc.

Furniture. [Obs.] Spenser.

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or en…

One who supplies or fits out.

The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. [Obs.] Daniel.

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.

A colorless, crystalline substance, C10H8O4, from furfurol.

Excitement; commotion; enthusiasm.

A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods.

Furs, in general. Tooke.

e, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3.