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Of long continuance; lasting. [R.] Milton.

Long duration; lastingness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

Made of or relating to ivory.

The conversion of certain substances into others which have the appearance or characteristics of ivory.

Of or pertaining to ivory. "[She] read from tablet eburnine." Sir W. Scott.

Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line. Whewell.

A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.

The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed.

ucing 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.

y, 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. Tha…

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.

The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.

A fish. See Gurnet.

eemed for food. The name is sometimes applied to the American sea robins. [Written also gournet.] Plyling gurnard. See under Flying.

See Gwiniad.

An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of often complaints.