furr chuck (ferchuk)

[Appar. a variation of furze - chat.] Same as furze - chat. [Prov. Eng. (Norfolk).] furred (férd), a. 1. Provided or covered with fur or something resembling it: as, a furred robe; a furred tongue.-21. Made or become thick and coarse, as vocal sounds. Her voice, for want of use, is so furred that it do not at present please me; but her manner of singing is such that I shall, I think, take great pleasure in it. He furnished himself for the fight, but not in his wonted furniture.. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. To deedes of armes and proofe of chevalrie They gan themselves addre e, full rich aguiz'd, As each one had his furnitures deviz'd. Spenser, F. Q., V. iii. 4. The sufficient reply to the skeptic, who doubts the power and the furniture of man, is in that po ibility of joyful intercourse with persons which makes the faith and practice of all reasonable men. Emerson, Character. 2. The act of furnishing. [Rare.] The order and furniture of all was done by dinine prouidence. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 60. 3. Collectively and specifically-( a ) Those movables required for use or ornament in a dwelling, a place of busine or of a embly, etc. The Protector was magnificent, and had he lived to complete Somerset-house, would probably have called in the a istance of those artists, whose works are the noblest furniture . Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting, I. vi. The furniture of the room, and the little China ornaments on the mantelpiece, have a constrained, unfamiliar look. T. B. Aldrich, Bad Boy, p. 68. (b) The nece ary appendages in various employments or arts, as the bra work of locks, door-knobs, and window-shutters, the masts and rigging of a ship, the mounting of a musket, etc. The forgings of the furniture are all made by one man, who gives all his time to furniture forging. W. W. Greener, The Gun, p. 244. (c) In printing, the pieces of wood or metal placed between and around pages of type to keep them the requisite distance apart and to aid in securing them in the chase.-3. In organ - building, one of the varieties of mixture stops.- Beveled furniture, in printing. See beveled. -Labor-saving furniture, in printing, furniture cut by system, so that pieces of different lengths and widths can be readily combined.