Furbelow
(Fur"be*low) n. [Prov. F. farbala, equiv. to F. falbala, It. falbalà.] A plaited or gathered
flounce on a woman's garment.
Furbelow
(Fur"be*low), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbelowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Furbelowing.] To put a
furbelow on; to ornament.
Furbish
(Fur"bish) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furbished ; p. pr. & vb. n. Furbishing.] [OE. forbischen, OF.
forbir, furbir, fourbir, F. fourbir, fr. OHG. furban to clean. See -ish.] To rub or scour to brightness; to
clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear. Shak.
Furbish new the name of John a Gaunt.
Shak. Furbishable
(Fur"bish*a*ble) a. Capable of being furbished.
Furbisher
(Fur"bish*er) n. [Cf. F. fourbisseur.] One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes
sword blades and similar weapons.
Furcate
(Fur"cate Fur"ca*ted) a. [L. furca fork. See Fork.] Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate
twigs.
Furcation
(Fur*ca"tion) n. A branching like a fork.
Furciferous
(Fur*cif"er*ous) a. [L. furcifer yoke bearer, scoundrel; furca fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument
of punishment + ferre to bear.] Rascally; scandalous. [R.] "Furciferous knaves." De Quincey.
Furcula
(||Fur"cu*la) n. [L., a forked prop, dim. of furca a fork.] (Anat.) A forked process; the wishbone
or furculum.
Furcular
(Fur"cu*lar) a. Shaped like a fork; furcate.
Furculum
(||Fur"cu*lum) n. [NL., dim. of L. furca a fork.] (Anat.) The wishbone or merrythought of
birds, formed by the united clavicles.
Furdle
(Fur"dle) v. t. [See Fardel, and cf. Furl.] To draw up into a bundle; to roll up. [Ods.]
Furfur
(||Fur"fur) n. [L.] Scurf; dandruff.
Furfuraceous
(Fur"fu*ra"ceous) a. [L. furfuraceus.] Made of bran; like bran; scurfy.
Furfuran
(Fur"fu*ran) n. [L. furfur bran.] (Chem.) A colorless, oily substance, C4H4O, obtained by
distilling certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; — called also tetraphenol.
Furfuration
(Fur"fu*ra"tion) n. [L. furfur bran, scurf.] Falling of scurf from the head; desquamation.
Furfurine
(Fur"fu*rine) n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline base, obtained indirectly from furfurol.
Furfurol
(Fur"fu*rol) n. [L. furfur bran + oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a
pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of
furfuran; — called also furfural.
Furfurous
(Fur"fu*rous) a. Made of bran; furfuraceous. [R.] "Furfurous bread." Sydney Smith.
Furial
(Fu"ri*al) a. [L. furialis: cf. OF. furial.] Furious; raging; tormenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Furibundal
(Fu`ri*bun"dal) a. [L. furibundus, fr. furere to rage.] Full of rage. [Obs.] G. Harvey.
Furies
(Fu"ries) n. pl. See Fury, 3.
