Meaning Of Furniture

v. t.

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

v. t.

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

v. t.

The necessary appendages to anything, as to a machine, a carriage, a ship, etc.

v. t.

The masts and rigging of a ship.

v. t.

The mountings of a gun.

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Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings.

v. t.

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.

v. t.

A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture.