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The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; -- formerly called a horse.

The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

A preface. Furnvall.

ablishment where iron or other metals are wrought by heating and hammering; especially, a furnace, or a shop with its furnace, etc., where iron is heated and wrought; a smithy. In the quick forge and working house of thought. Shak.

Literally, to put out of a family; hence, to portion off, so as to exclude further claim of inheritance; to emancipate (as a with his own consent) from paternal authority. Blackstone.

Anything furcate or like of a fork in shape, or furcate at the extremity; as, a tuning fork.

ormed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; as, the forked lighting. A serpent seen, with forked tongue. Shak.

Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated. "Forky tongues." Pope.

as, water assumes the form of ice or snow. In modern usage, the elements of a conception furnished by the mind's own activity, as contrasted with its object or condition, which is called the matter; subjectively, a mode of apprehension or belief conceived as dependent on the constitution of the mind; objectively, univ…

Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.

Furnished with, or guarded by, forts; strengthened or defended, as by forts. [R.] Shak.

To add strength to; to strengthen; to confirm; to furnish with power to resist attack. Timidity was fortified by pride. Gibbon. Pride came to the aid of fancy, and both combined to fortify his resolution. Sir W. Scott.

To furnish with a fortress or with fortresses; to guard; to fortify. Shak.

Having, or surrounded by, long, narrow depressions or furrows.

To take the ffirst steps or measures in erecting or building up; to furnish the materials for beginning; to begin to raise; to originate; as, to found a college; to found a family. There they shall found Their government, and their great senate choose. Milton.

from an elevated reservoir. -- Fountain pen, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink. -- Fountain pump. (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump. (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc. -- Fountain shell (Zoöl.), the large West Indian co…

The wishbone or furculum of birds.

A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc.

The crucible or basin in a furnace which receives the molten metal. Knight.

Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly; distracted. Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! Shak. Torrents of frantic abuse. Macaulay. -- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. Shak. -- Fran"tic*ness, n. Johnson.