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furniture (medicine)


furniture


1. That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment. "The form and all the furniture of the earth." (Tillotson) "The thoughts which make the furniture of their minds." (M. Arnold)

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

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

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.

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

Origin: F. Fourniture. See Furnish.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Mau Mau (iou)



Mau Mau noun & adjective. M20.
[Kikuyu.]
A. noun. Pl. -s, same. An African secret society originating among the Kikuyu and active in the 1950s, having as its aim the expulsion of European settlers and the ending of British rule in Kenya; (treated as pl.) members of this society. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of or pertaining to (a member of) the Mau Mau. M20.