"furniture" Definition

Definitions for the word "furniture" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. v. t.
That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
Articles used for convenience or decoration in a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
The masts and rigging of a ship.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
The mountings of a gun.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 movable equipment of a house, room, etc., e.g. Tables, beds. 2 naut. Ship''s equipment. 3 accessories, e.g. The handles and lock on a door. [french: related to *furnish]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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