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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Fū'ri-oŭs-ness, n. p. 551The state of being furious; violent agitation; impetuous motion; madness; frenzy; rage.Fûrl, v. t. p. 551To draw up; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten.Fûr'long, n. p. 551A measure of length; the eighth part of a mile; forty rods, poles, or perches.Fûr'lōugh, n. p. 551(Mil.) Leave of absence; especially leave or license given by a commanding officer to an officer or soldier to be absent from service for a certain time.Fûr'lōugh, v. t. p. 551(Mil.) To furnish with a furlough; to grant leave of absence, as to an officer or soldier.Fûr'men-ty, n. p. 551Same as FRUMENTY, q. v.Fûr'naçe, n. p. 551An inclosed place where a hot fire is maintained, as for melting ores or metals, for warming a house, for baking bread or pottery, or for other useful purposes; as an iron furnace; a hot-air furnace…Fûr'naçe, v. t. p. 551To throw out, like sparks from a furnace. [Obs. and rare.] He furnaces The thick sighs from him. Shak.Fûr'ni-ment, n. p. 551Furniture. [Obs.] Spenser.Fûr'nish, n. p. 551That which is furnished as a specimen; a sample. [Obs.] Greene.Fûr'nish, v. t. p. 551To supply with any thing necessary or useful; to provide; to equip; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a table; to furnish the mind with ideas…Fûr'nish-er, n. p. 551One who supplies or fits out.Fûr'nish-ment, n. p. 551The act of supplying furniture; also, the furniture supplied. [Obs.]Fûr'ni-tūre, n. p. 551That which furnishes, or with which any thing is furnished or supplied; fitting out; supply of necessary, convenient, or ornamental articles for any business or residence; also, a supply of…Fū'ror, n. p. 551Fury; rage.Fûr'ri-er, n. p. 551A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells muffs, tippets, &c.Fûr'ri-er-y, n. p. 551Furs in general. Tooke. 2. The business of a furrier; trade in furs.Fûr'ring, n. p. 551(Carp.) (a.) The nailing on of thin strips of board in order to level or raise a surface for lathing, boarding, &c. (b.) The strips thus laid on.Fŭr'rōw, n. p. 551A trench in the earth made by a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.Fŭr'rōw, v. t. p. 551To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. Shak. 2. To cut, trench, channel, or groove upon; to mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to…Fŭr'rōw-weed, n. p. 551A weed growing on plowed land. Shak.Fŭr'rōw-y, a. p. 551Full of, or abounding in, furrows; furrowed. [Rare.] A double hill ran up his furrowy forks Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale. Tennyson.Fûr'ry, a. p. 551Covered with fur; dressed in fur. 2. Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils. Dryden.Fûr'ther, a. compar. p. 551More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. 2. Additional; as, there is a further reason for this opinion; we have nothing further to suggest.Fûr'ther, adv. p. 551To a greater distance; in addition; moreover.Fûr'ther, v. t. p. 551To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist. This binds thee, then, to further my design. Dryden.Fûr'ther-ançe, n. p. 551The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement. I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25.Fûr'ther-er, n. p. 551One who furthers, or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak.Fûr'ther-mōre, adv. or conj. p. 551Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.Fûr'ther-mōst, a. p. 551Most remote; furthest.Fûr'ther-sōme, a. p. 551Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful. “You will not find it furthersome.” Carlyle.Fûr'thest, a. superl. p. 551Most remote; farthest. See FURTHER, a.Fûr'thest, adv. p. 551At the greatest distance.Fûr'tive, a. p. 551Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy. Prior.Fûr'tive-ly, adv. p. 551Stealthily; by theft. Lover.Fū'run-cle, n. p. 551(Med.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, deep red, hard, circumscribed, acutely tender to the touch, suppurating with a central core; a boil.Fū'ry, n. p. 551Violent passion; extreme excitement; over-mastering agitation or enthusiasm. “Such noble fury in so poor a thing.” Shak. 2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; — sometimes applied to inanimate…Fŭrze, n. p. 552(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ulex (U. Europæus); a thorny evergreen shrub with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; — called also gorse, and whin. London.Fŭrze'-chāt, n. p. 552(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Saxicola (S. rubetra); the whin-chat.Fûrz'en or Fûrz'y, a. p. 552Overgrown with, or full of, furze or gorse; gorsy. Gay.Fū'sa-rōle', n. p. 552(Arch.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter-round of columns in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders.Fus-cā'tion, n. p. 552A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation. Blount.Füs'cine, n. p. 552(Chem.) A brownish or dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.Fūs'cite, n. p. 552(Min.) A mineral of a grayish or greenish-black color, found in Norway. Philips.Fūs'coūs, a. p. 552Of a dark color; brown or grayish-black. Sad and fuscous colors, as black or brown, or deep purple and the like. Burke.Fūse, v. t. p. 552To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.Fūse, v. i. p. 552To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.Fūze, n. p. 552A tube filled with combustible matter used in blasting, or in discharging a shell, &c.Fu-see', n. p. 552The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of…Fu-see', n. p. 552A small, light musket, or firelock. [More commonly written fusil.] 2. The same as FUSE. See FUSE, n. 3. The track of a buck. Ainsworth.Fü'sel, n. p. 552(Chem.) An alcohol of the amylic series, having a nauseous odor and poisonous properties; it accompanies ordinary alcohol in its production from potatoes and grain; —called also fusel-oil. Grande.Fū'si-bil'i-ty, n. p. 552The quality of being fusible, or of being convertible from a solid to a fluid state by heat.Fū'si-ble, a. p. 552Capable of being melted or liquefied. Fusible metal, an alloy of five parts of bismuth, three of lead, and two of tin, which melts at the heat of boiling water. Ure.—Fusible plug (Steam-engin.), a…Fū'si-fōrm, a. p. 552(Bot.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end. Lindley.Fū'sil, a. p. 552Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible. [Rare.] “A kind of fusil marble.” Woodward. 2. Running or flowing, as a liquid. [Rare.] “A fusil sea.” Philips.Fū′sil, n. p. 552A light musket or firelock. 2. [See FUSEE.] (Her.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.Fū'sil-lāde', n. p. 552(Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of fire-arms in a military exercise; as, a grand fusillade.Fū'sil-lāde', v. t. p. 552To shoot down by a simultaneous discharge of fire-arms. “Fusillade them all.” Carlyle.Fū'sil-eer', n. p. 552[Fr. fusilier, from fusil. See fu-Fū'sil-iēr', n. p. 552(Mil.) Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil; but, in modern times, a soldier armed like others of the infantry and distinguished by wearing a bear-skin cap like that of a grenadier. Campbell.