3. (Arch.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in
order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide
for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as
inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp. Gwill.
Fu*ra"cious (?), a. [L. furax, -racis thievish, from fur thief.] Given
to theft; thievish. [Obs.]
Fu*rac"i*ty (?), n. [L. furacitas.] Addictedness to theft;
thievishness. [Obs.]
Fur"be*low (?), n. [Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It.
falbal‡.] A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
Fur"be*low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbelowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Furbelowing.] To put a furbelow on; to ornament.
Fur"bish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Furbishing.] [OE. forbischen, OF. forbir, furbir, fourbir, F. fourbir,
fr. OHG. furban to clean. See -ish.] To rub or scour to brightness; to
clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. Shak.
Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt.
Shak.
Fur"bish*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being furbished.
Fur"bish*er (?), n. [Cf. F. fourbisseur.] One who furbishes; esp., a
sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.
{ Fur"cate (?), Fur"ca*ted (?), } a. [L. furca fork. See Fork.] Forked;
branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.
Fur*ca"tion (?), n. A branching like a fork.
Fur*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L. furcifer yoke bearer, scoundrel; furca fork,
yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment + ferre to bear.] Rascally;
scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.
||Fur"cu*la (?), n. [L., a forked prop, dim. of furca a fork.] (Anat.)
||A forked process; the wishbone or furculum.
Fur"cu*lar (?), a. Shaped like a fork; furcate.
||Fur"cu*lum (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. furca a fork.] (Anat.) The
||wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles.
Fur"dle (?), v. t. [See Fardel, and cf. Furl.] To draw up into a
bundle; to roll up. [Ods.]
||Fur"fur (?), n. [L.] Scurf; dandruff.
Fur"fu*ra"ceous (?), a. [L. furfuraceus.] Made of bran; like bran;
scurfy.
Fur"fu*ran (?), n. [L. furfur bran.] (Chem.) A colorless, oily
substance, C4H4O, obtained by distilling certain organic substances, as
pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; -- called also tetraphenol.
Fur"fu*ra"tion (?), n. [L. furfur bran, scurf.] Falling of scurf from
the head; desquamation.
Fur"fu*rine (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline base, obtained
indirectly from furfurol.
Fur"fu*rol (?), n. [L. furfur bran + oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless
oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the
distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde
derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural.
Fur"fu*rous (?), a. Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread."
Sydney Smith.
Fu"ri*al (?), a. [L. furialis: cf. OF. furial.] Furious; raging;
tormenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fu`ri*bun"dal (?), a. [L. furibundus, fr. furere to rage.] Full of
rage. [Obs.] G. Harvey.
Fu"ries (?), n. pl. See Fury, 3.
Fu"rile (?), n. [Furfurol + benzile.] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline
substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin. [Written
also furil.]
Fu*ril"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as,
furilic acid.
||Fu"ri*o"so (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) With great force or vigor;
||vehemently.
Fu"ri*ous (?), a. [L. furiosus, fr. furia rage, fury: cf. F. furieux.
See Fury.] 1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a
furious animal.
2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious
stream; a furious wind or storm.
Syn. -- Impetuous; vehement; boisterous; fierce; turbulent; tumultuous;
angry; mad; frantic; frenzied.
-- Fu"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Fu"ri*ous*ness, n.
Furl (f˚rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furled (f˚rl); p. pr. & vb. n.
Furling.] [Contr. fr. furdle, fr. fardel bundle: cf. F. ferler to furl,
OF. fardeler to pack. See Furdle, Fardel, and cf. Farl.] To draw up or
gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the
yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff,
securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.
Fur"long (?), n. [OE. furlong, furlang, AS. furlang, furlung, prop.,
the length of a furrow; furh furrow + lang long. See Furrow, and Long,
a.] A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods; two
hundred and twenty yards.
Fur"lough (?), n. [Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin to E. for +
the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw. fˆrlof, G. verlaub
permission. See Life, a.] (Mil.) Leave of absence; especially, leave
given to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain
time; also, the document granting leave of absence.
Fur"lough, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furloughed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Furloughing.] (Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of
absence to, as to an officer or soldier.
{ Fur"mon*ty (?), Fur"mi*ty (?) } n. Same as Frumenty.
Fur"nace (?), n. [OE. fornais, forneis, OF. fornaise, F. fournaise,
from L. fornax; akin to furnus oven, and prob. to E. forceps.] 1. An
inclosed place in which heat is produced by the combustion of fuel, as
for reducing 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.
Furnaces are classified as wind or air. furnaces when the fire is urged
only by the natural draught; as blast furnaces, when the fire is urged
by the injection artificially of a forcible current of air; and as
reverberatory furnaces, when the flame, in passing to the chimney, is
thrown down by a low arched roof upon the materials operated upon.
2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe
experience or discipline. Deut. iv. 20.
Bustamente furnace, a shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores. --
Furnace bridge, Same as Bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5. -- Furnace
cadmiam or cadmia, the oxide of zinc which accumulates in the chimneys
of furnaces smelting zinciferous ores. Raymond. -- Furnace hoist (Iron
Manuf.), a lift for raising ore, coal, etc., to the mouth of a blast
furnace.
Fur"nace, n. 1. To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to
put into a furnace. [Obs. or R.]
He furnaces The thick sighs from him.
Shak.
Fur"ni*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. fourniment. See Furnish.] Furniture. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Fur"nish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furnished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Furnishing.] [OF. furnir, fornir, to furnish, finish, F. fournir; akin
to Pr. formir, furmir, fromir, to accomplish, satisfy, fr. OHG. frumjan
to further, execute, do, akin to E. frame. See Frame, v. t., and -
ish.] 1. To supply with anything necessary, 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.
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all
good works.