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noun

Furniture n.

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. "The form and all the furniture of the earth." "The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds."

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

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.

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

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"Furniture" Quotes from Famous Books

... kind, I was thrown into a cell about five feet square. After my eyes had become accustomed to the darkness, I looked about me. In one corner I found a bed of straw with a cover as thin as paper. A broken chair and a rough wooden basin completed the furniture. The place reeked with corruption and filth, and the stench was almost unbearable. Of the vile food they placed before me, I could eat nothing except the bread. It was trefa, but had it been prepared according ...

— Rabbi and Priest - A Story • Milton Goldsmith

... to your views could not have been found, and at so cheap a rate. The proximity to the capital,"—Nelson found it an hour's drive from Hyde Park—"and the perfect retirement of this place, are, for your Lordship, two points beyond estimation; but the house is so comfortable, the furniture clean and good, and I never saw so many conveniences united in so small a compass. You have nothing but to come and enjoy immediately; you have a good mile of pleasant dry walk around your own farm. It would make you laugh to see Emma and her mother fitting up pig-sties ...

— The Life of Nelson, Vol. II. (of 2) - The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain • A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

... did your mother keep her house and buy her furniture and manage her servants to suit you, or exactly as you would do if you had been ...

— At Home with the Jardines • Lilian Bell

... to trust me for a stock of books, on the strength of old acquaintance," continued Bobby, who had now grown quite bold, and felt as much at home in the midst of the costly furniture, as he did in the "living room" ...

— Now or Never - The Adventures of Bobby Bright • Oliver Optic

... not to steal any locks or keys, tables, forms, cupboards, or other furniture of noblemen's or gentlemen's houses, where he ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, - Issue 326, August 9, 1828 • Various

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