Fū'ry, n.
(89), n. [Lat. furia, from furere, to rage; Fr. furie, It. & Sp. furia. Cf. FUROR.]
Sense 1. Violent passion; extreme excitement; over-mastering agitation or enthusiasm. “Such noble fury in so poor a thing.” Shak.
Sense 2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; — sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms. “The fury of the winds.” Shak.
I do oppose my patience to his fury. Shak.
Sense 3. (Myth.) A female deity, a goddess of vengeance; hence a stormy, turbulent, violent woman; a hag; a virago; a termagant.
Sense 4. One of the Parcæ, or Fates. [Very rare.]
Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. Milton.
Sense 5. [Lat. fur.] A thief. [Obs. and rare.]
Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. Fletcher.
Synonyms—Anger; indignation; resentment; wrath; ire; rage; vehemence; violence; fierceness; turbulence; madness; frenzy. See ANGER.
