furniture

[Fr. fourniture, from fournir = to furnish.] *1. That with which a person or thing is furnished; equipment, equipage, outfit. "The ill purveyance of his page That had his furnitures not firmely tyde." Spenser: F. Q., III. 1. 11. 2. Movables; goods, ve els, utensils, ornaments, ., with which a house or room is furnished for the convenience, use and accommodation of the inmates. "There are many noble palaces in Venice; their furni ture is not rich, if we except the pictures." - Add is on : On Italy . *3. An appendage; an ornamental addition. "It [the Gospel) does not dwell in the mind like furniture, only for ornament, but for use, and the great concernments of life."-South: Sermons, vol. vii., ser. 5. II. Technically : 1. Carp.: Builders' hardware, such as locks, door and window trimmings, . 2. Gun.: The mountings of a gun. 3. Music: The name of one of the mixture stops in an organ. [MIXTURE.] 4. Naut.: The masts and rigging of a ship. 5. Print .: The sticks and quoins which surround the matter in the chase. The pieces are about half an inch high, of various lengths, and are called head, foot, or side sticks, according to their position in the chase. Strips between the pages are gutters. The sticks are slightly tapering, so as to allow the wedge-shaped quoins to jam the matter firmly together in the chase. The quoins are driven by the shooting-stick and a mallet.