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. [ 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. 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 ]

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

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 ]