[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain. ] A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To divide into two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + furcate. ] 1. Two-pronged; forked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. divided into or made up of two parts. socially bifurcated populations
Syn. -- chesty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. bifurcation. ] A forking, or division into two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bifurcus; bis twice + furca fork. ] See Bifurcate, a. [ R. ] Coles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. coiffer. See Coif. ] A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disfurnished p. pr. & vb. n. Disfurnishing. ] [ Pref. dis- + furnish. ] To deprive of that with which anything is furnished (furniture, equipments, etc.); to strip; to render destitute; to divest. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am a thing obscure, disfurnished of
All merit, that can raise me higher. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disfurnishing, or the state of being disfurnished. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To disfurnish. [ R. ] East. [ 1913 Webster ]

A small cooked sausage of beef or beef and pork, usually 5 to 6 inches, sometimes as long as 12 inches in length; called also frankforter, frankfort, frankfurt. It is commonly eaten on a roll, called a hot dog bun.
Syn. -- wiener, hot dog{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. furre, OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar lining, case, G. futter; akin to Icel. fōðr lining, Goth. fōdr, scabbard; cf. Skr. pātra vessel, dish. The German and Icel. words also have the sense, fodder, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. Fodder food, Fother, v. t., Forel, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrapped up in my furs. Lady M. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any coating considered as resembling fur; as: (a) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever. (b) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach. (c) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Her.) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fur seal (Zool.) one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called also sea bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Furred p. pr. & vb. n. Furring. ] 1. To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. “You fur your gloves with reason.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furax, -racis thievish, from fur thief. ] Given to theft; thievish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. furacitas. ] Addictedness to theft; thievishness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It. falbalà. ] A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Furbelowed p. pr. & vb. n. Furbelowing. ] To put a furbelow on; to ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being furbished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fourbisseur. ] One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.

{ } a. [ L. furca fork. See Fork. ] Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A branching like a fork. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furcifer yoke bearer, scoundrel; furca fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment + ferre to bear. ] Rascally; scandalous. [ R. ] “Furciferous knaves.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a forked prop, dim. of furca a fork. ] (Anat.) A forked process; the wishbone or furculum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a fork; furcate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. furca a fork. ] (Anat.) The wishbone or merrythought of birds, formed by the united clavicles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Fardel, and cf. Furl. ] To draw up into a bundle; to roll up. [ Ods. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] Scurf; dandruff. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furfuraceus. ] Made of bran; like bran; scurfy. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. furfur bran, scurf. ] Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of bran; furfuraceous. [ R. ] “Furfurous bread.” Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furialis: cf. OF. furial. ] Furious; raging; tormenting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furibundus, fr. furere to rage. ] Full of rage. [ Obs. ] G. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Fury, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Furfurol + benzile. ] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin. [ Written also furil. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, furile; as, furilic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. & adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) With great force or vigor; vehemently. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. furiosus, fr. furia rage, fury: cf. F. furieux. See Fury. ] 1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being furious.
Syn. -- ferocity, fierceness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness, strength. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Furled 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ p. p. of furl. ] rolled up and secured; as, furled sails bound securely to the spar; a furled flag.
Syn. -- rolled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. D. verlof, fr. a prefix akin to E. for + the root of E. lief, and akin to Dan. forlov, Sw. förlof, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.

{ n. Same as Frumenty. [ 1913 Webster ]