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To furnish with a rim; to border.

from the roughness or other quality of the surfaces in contact. -- Rolling mill, a mill furnished with heavy rolls, between which heated metal is passed, to form it into sheets, rails, etc. -- Rolling press. (a) A machine for calendering cloth by pressure between revolving rollers. (b) A printing press with a roller…

Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.

To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments. Gayton.

Furnished with a ruff. Ruffed grouse (Zoöl.), a North American grouse (Bonasa umbellus) common in the wooded districts of the Northern United States. The male has a ruff of brown or black feathers on each side of the neck, and is noted for the loud drumming sound he makes during the breeding season. Called also tippet…

To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

Having the form of a sack or pouch; furnished with a sack or pouch, as a petal.

Furnished with little sacs.

seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.

Of or pertaining to an arrow; resembling an arrow; furnished with an arowlike appendage.

The act of sprinkling, impregnating, or furnishing, with salt.

To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.

To satisfy the appetite or desire of; tho feed to the full; to furnish enjoyment to, to the extent of desire; to sate; as, to satiate appetite or sense. These [smells] rather woo the sense than satiate it. Bacon. I may yet survive the malice of my enemies, although they should be satiated with my blood. Eikon Basilike.…

To furnish or uphold with a scaffold.

Furnished with a scallop; made or done with or in a scallop.

screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.

A small opening in an outside wall or covering, furnished with a lid. Specifically:

To furnish with a sentinel; to place under the guard of a sentinel or sentinels.

A leguminous shrub (Sesbania aculeata) which furnishes a fiber used for making ropes.

To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign; as, to set an example; to set lessons to be learned.