[ 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. 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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place or time of punishment, affiction, or great trial; severe experience or discipline. Deut. iv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bustamente furnace, a shaft furnace for roasting quicksilver ores. --
Furnace bridge, Same as Bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5. --
Furnace cadmiam or
Furnace 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. To throw out, or exhale, as from a furnace; also, to put into a furnace. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He furnaces
The thick sighs from him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family including ovenbirds.
Syn. -- family Furnariidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The type genus of the Furnariidae, comprising the South American ovenbirds.
Syn. -- genus Furnarius. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. fourniment. See Furnish. ] Furniture. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished
unto all good works. 2 Tim. iii. 17, [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye are they . . . that furnish the drink offering unto that number. Is. lxv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

His writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample; a supply. [ Obs. ] Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. provided with necessary furnishings; -- used especially of rented apartments having furniture included in the rental price; as, a furnished apartment. Opposite of unfurnished. [ Narrower terms: stocked, stocked with ; appointed; well-appointed, well-found ; fitted out, outfitted ]
Syn. -- equipped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who supplies or fits out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the furniture and appliances and other movable accessories (including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other building) livable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. accessory wearing apparel.
Syn. -- trappings. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fourniture. See Furnish, v. t. ] 1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The form and all the furniture of the earth. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc. (a) (Naut.) The masts and rigging of a ship. (b) (Mil.) The mountings of a gun. (c) Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings. (d) (Print) Pieces of wood or metal of a lesser height than the type, placed around the pages or other matter in a form, and, with the quoins, serving to secure the form in its place in the chase. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Furniture such as chairs, tables, settees or loungers, suited for use on a patio{ 3 }, i.e. such that will not be damaged by exposure to rain, sun or other outdoor elements. [ PJC ]

[ So called from Charles Pernot, its inventor. ] A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of refurnishing, or state of being refurnished. [ 1913 Webster ]

The refurnishment was in a style richer than before. L. Wallace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + furnish. ] To strip of furniture; to divest; to strip. [ 1913 Webster ]