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Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. Shak. -- To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. Lowell.

Furrowed. [R.] Tennyson.

Covered with fur; dressed in fur. "Furry nations." Thomson.

o a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther. Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. M. Arnold. They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Further off, not so near; apart by a greater distance.

The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress. I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furthersnce and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25. Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing. Emerson.

One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak.

or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.

Most remote; furthest.

Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous. [R.] You will not find it furthersome. Carlyle.

superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a.

Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. Prior. A hasty and furtive ceremony. Hallam.

Stealthily by theft. Lover.

A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.

Of or pertaining to a furuncle; marked by the presence of furuncles.

A thief. [Obs.] Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. J. Fleteher.

A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europæus), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.

The whinchat; -- called also furzechuck.

An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler.

Furzy; gorsy. [Obs.] Holland.

bounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze. Gay.