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A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.

To furnish with arms or limbs. [R.] His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round. Beau. & Fl.

Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection. "And armed host." Dryden.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms. The arming was now universal. Macaulay.

To furnish with an arras. Chapman.

A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana). Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the t…

A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.

To furnish with, or make up of, various sorts or a variety of goods; as, to assort a cargo.

Not furnished with shields or beds for the spores, as the thallus of certain lichens.

Attesting; furnishing evidence.

To justify; to furnish a ground for. Locke.

A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator.

Fuller. By the secular cares and avocations which accompany marriage the clergy have been furnished with skill in common life. Atterbury.

Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. Gray.

Furnished with an awning.

roup uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.

To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.

To furnish or load with a bag or with a well filled bag. A bee bagged with his honeyed venom. Dryden.

To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm. W. Irving.

To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. But rattling storm of arrows barbed with fire. Milton.