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A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture. (more info) 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

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A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture. (more info) 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. The masts and rigging of a ship. The mountings of a gun. Builders' hardware such as locks, door and window trimmings. 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.

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  • CARRIAGEABLE
    Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. Ruskin.
  • WARES
    See WARE
  • CARRIAGE
    carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22. And after those days we took up our carriages and
  • GOODSHIP
    Favor; grace. Gower.
  • GOODS
    See 3
  • ATTENDANCE
    1. Attention; regard; careful application. Till I come, give attendance to reading. 1 Tim. iv. 13. 2. The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence. Constant attendance at church three times
  • FURNITURE
    A mixed or compound stop in an organ; -- sometimes called mixture. (more info) 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
  • RETINUE
    The body of retainers who follow a prince or other distinguished person; a train of attendants; a suite. Others of your insolent retinue. Shak. What followers, what retinue canst thou gain Milton. To have at one's retinue, to keep or employ as a
  • TRAPPINGS
    1. That which serves to trap or adorn; ornaments; dress; superficial decorations. Trappings of life, for ornament, not use. Dryden. These but the trappings and the suits of woe. Shak. 2. Specifically, ornaments to be put on horses. Caparisons and
  • EQUIPAGED
    Furnished with equipage. Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. Cowper.
  • APPARATUS
    A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. (more info) 1. Things provided as means to some end. 2. Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or
  • EQUIPAGE
    1. Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier,
  • RECARRIAGE
    Act of carrying back.
  • DRY GOODS
    A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, etc., -- in distinction from groceries.
  • MISCARRIAGEABLE
    Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. Bp. Hall.
  • GINNY-CARRIAGE
    A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad.
  • HYDROPNEUMATIC GUN CARRIAGE
    A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position. It is used with some English and European heavy guns.
  • MISCARRIAGE
    1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a desired result or reach a destination. When a counselor, to save himself, Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden. 2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior;
  • DELAWARES
    A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.
  • ACCOUTERMENTS; ACCOUTREMENTS
    Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. How gay with all the accouterments of war! (more info) earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See
  • WATER CARRIAGE
    1. Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water. 2. A vessel or boat. Arbuthnot.
  • BUFFING APPARATUS
    See 1
  • UNWARES
    Unawares; unexpectedly; -- sometimes preceded by at. Holinshed.

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