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Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage.

To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. Hayward.

Equipment, furniture, as for a ship or an army; whatever is appointed for use and management; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Voi…

A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [Written also arbalet and arblast.] Fosbroke.

Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees. "An arboreal walk." Pollok.

Furnished with an arcade.

Furnished with an architrave. Cowper.

Burning; ardent. [R.] Lo! further on, Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore. Cary.

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.

ery. Coat armor, the escutcheon of a person or family, with its several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.

To furnish with an arras. Chapman.

The act of stopping, or restraining from further motion, etc.; stoppage; hindrance; restraint; as, an arrest of development. As the arrest of the air showeth. Bacon.

r Train of artillery, a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching.

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 small foxlike animal (Vulpes cama) of South Africa, valued for its fur.

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.

The act of assisting; help; aid; furtherance; succor; support. Without the assistance of a mortal hand. Shak.