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Same as frumenty. And ye shall eate neither bread, nor parched corn, nor furmenty of newe corne, vntill the selfe same daye that ye haue broughte an of fringe vnto your God. Bible of 1551, Lev. xxiii. 14. iron ore. The lining of the furnace is of refractory stone. Surrounding this, with a considerable earth-packed space intervening, is a crib of wood. The blast is furnished by bellows worked by treadles. - Pernot furnace, an open- hearth regenerative furnace for converting iron into steel, invented in France, but also introduced, with some modi- fications, a limited extent England. It requires for its bed is inclined at a small angle (about 6°) and rotative. Plumbers' furnace, a portable furnace used by plumb- ers for soldering, etc. - Regenerative furnace, a furnace in which the waste heat of the products of combustion is utilized by being transferred to either the air or the com- bustible gases, or both, entering the furnace. This trans- fer is effected by means of so-called "regenerators." See regenerator. Reheating-furnace, a reverberatory fur- nace in which the puddled bars, piled in packets, are re- heated preparatory to rolling; a balling-furnace. - Re- verberatory furnace, a furnace in which the fuel is not brought directly in contact with the material to be acted on by the fire, but which is so arranged that the flame of the burning gases plays over or is "reverberated" upon the ore or metal under treatment. A peculiar kind of rever- beratory furnace used in the manufacture of steel is called the open hearth . See hearth.- Ring-top furnace, a char- coal-furnace for heating smoothing-irons. It has an an- nular top, and cro -bars which can be removed at plea- E. H. Knight. - Spanish furnace, a form of re- verberatory furnace used in Spain, and especially at Li- nares, one of the most important lead-producing districts in the world. Its chief peculiarity is the presence of two chambers, one of which is the reduction-chamber, while the other has a peculiar and not entirely understood ac- tion in checking and modifying the draft.-Tank-fur- nace, in gla - manuf . , a furnace fitted with a tank, as dis- tinguished from comparatively small melting-pots, to hold the molten gla . furnace (fer'nās), v. [ M. A. Scheurer-Kestner claims to have proved that in the furnacing operation no soda-salts are reduced to me- tallic sodium. Ure, Dict., IV. 51. In soft Australian nights, And through the furnaced noons, and in the times Of wind and wet. Contemporary Rev., LII. 411. 2t. To throw out, as flames or dull reverb era- tions of sound are emitted by a furnace. Furnaceth the univ ers all sighes and complain tes of this transposed world. Chapman , Shield of Achilles, Pref. Deep wounded with the flames that furnac'd from his eye. Quarles, Emblems, v. 1. Base-burning furnace. See base - burning . Bone-black furnace. See bone - black . Calcining-furnace, a fur- nace in which the operation of calcining is performed; specifically, a reverberatory furnace, with a low arch, in which hard lead is "softened" by exposing it to the action of the flame, by which the foreign metals (antimony, cop- per, and iron) are oxidized, and collect on the surface of the metal in the form of dro . Also called improving - fur- nace, and the proce of softening is also called improving . Carbonizing-furnace. See carbonize . - Castilian furnace, a circular furnace, usually about 3 feet in diame- ter and 8 feet high, having a breast formed by a semicir- cular iron pan furnished with a lip for running off the slags and a longitudinal slot for convenience in tapping. On the top of this cylinder, which is made brick, pillars, and in this are the feeding-door and the outlet for the products of combustion. The blast is obtained by means of a fan, and there are three twyers. This furnace is used in Spain for smelting poor ores of lead as well as rich slags. It has also been introduced to a limited ex- tent in England. - Catalan furnace or forge, a furnace used in the French Pyrenees and in some parts of Spain for the manufacture of wrought-iron directly from the ore. It consists of a quadrangular hearth, made of some fire- resisting material, supported by one or more small arches, All my body's moisture and built against the side of a wall like the ordinary Scarce serves to quench my furnace - burning heart. blacksmiths forge. The blast is supplied by a peculiar Shak ., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1. kind of blowing-machine called a trompe , in which the furnace man (fer'nās-man), n.; pl. furnace men auvertical tube. Pree bloomery and forgel . - Cementa- (-men). A man who tends a furnace. furnace-bar (fer'nās-bär), n. Same as fire -bar. furnace-bridge (fer'nās-brij), n . A barrier of fire-bricks, or an iron-plate chamber filled with water, thrown acro a furnace at the extreme end of the fire-bars, to prevent the fuel from being carried into the flues, and to quicken the draft by contracting the section of the chim- ney. furnace-burning (fer'nās-bėrning), a. Burn- ing or heated like a furnace. furnamentt, n. See furniment . furnarian (fer-na'ri-an), a. and n. I. a. Per- taining or related to the genus Furnarius or family Furnariida . II. n. One of the Furnariida ; an oven-bird. Furnariidæ (fér-nā-ri'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., Furnarius + -ida .) A neo tropical family of formicarioid pa erine birds, related to the Dendrocolaptidæ , but differing from them some- what in the structure of the feet; the South American oven-birds. These birds are so called from the oven-like nests which they build. They mostly have stiffened pointed tail-feathers, and the general habits of creepers. Also written Furnaridæ , Furnariada . Furnarius (fer-nā'ri-us), n. [NL. (cf. L. fur- narius , a baker), furnus , an oven: see fur- Brazilian Oven-bird ( Furnarius figulus). IMG:content-1958.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To provide for use; make or afford a provi- sion of; supply; yield: with a thing as object: as, to furnish arms for defense; Normandy fur- nishes the best draft-horses; this fact furnishes a strong argument against your theory. A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied. IMG:content-1959.jpg:[graphic] furnished ever is nece ary; equipped for use: as, a fur nished house; furnished rooms.-2. In her.: (a) Same as armed, in some cases, as when applied to the horns of a stag: as, a hart furnished with six antlers. ( b ) Caparisoned; fitted with saddle, bridle, etc.: said of a horse. furnished ne (fér'nisht-nes), n. The state of being furnished or equipped. [Rare.] In such a sense it was [attributed] to the ternary in respect of the fulne and well furnished ne of the earth. Dr. H. More, Appendix to Defence of Cabbala, iv. 11. furnisher (fér'nish-ér), n. One who furnishes or provides supplies of any kind; specifically, one who equips or fits up with suitable furniture and fittings: as, a house - furnisher. And some gave out the Dutche of Lauderdale as a resetter of Argyle since his forfeiture, and a furnisher of him State Trials , J. Mitchel, an. 1677. with money. IMG:content-1960.png:[blocks in formation] 2416