Fu"ry (?), n. [L. fur.] A thief. [Obs.]

Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies.

J. Fleteher.

Fu"ry, n.; pl. Furies (#). [L. furia, fr. furere to rage: cf. F. furie.

Cf. Furor.] 1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation

or enthusiasm.

Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired.

Sir P. Sidney.

2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to

inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. "Fury

of the wind." Shak.

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