Hypertext Webster Gateway: "furniture"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Furniture \Fur"ni*ture\, n. [F. fourniture. See {Furnish}, v.
t.]
1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied;
supplies; outfit; equipment.

The form and all the furniture of the earth.
--Tillotson.

The thoughts which make the furniture of their
minds. --M. Arnold.

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

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.

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

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

furniture
n : furnishings that make a room or other area ready for
occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small
apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the
room" [syn: {piece of furniture}, {article of furniture}]


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