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Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread." Sydney Smith.

Furious; raging; tormenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Full of rage. [Obs.] G. Harvey.

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.

ducing 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.

ry, 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 enterprise, a room or a house. Th…

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.