FURNITURE.

FUR'NITURE. To a European eye the best-furnished houses in the East appear empty. On the marble floors are rugs, on the divan are cushions of rich materials. But the great variety of furniture to which we are accustomed is unknown. The poor of course had correspondingly less. A mat or a skin to recline on during the day, a mattress to sleep on at night, a stool, a little low table, and a brazier, — this would be the extent of the furniture. It is interesting to observe that the rich Shunammite furnished the room of Elisha with simply a bed — perhaps merely a mattress — a table, a stool (chair), and a candlestick. 2 Kgs 4:10-13. The word "furniture" is used in Gen 31:34 of the camel-trappings.

FUR'NITURE. To a European eye the best-furnished houses in the East appear empty. On the marble floors are rugs, on the divan are cushions of rich materials. But the great variety of furniture to which we are accustomed is unknown. The poor of course had correspondingly less. A mat or a skin to recline on during the day, a mattress to sleep on at night, a stool, a little low table, and a brazier, — this would be the extent of the furniture. It is interesting to observe that the rich Shunammite furnished the room of Elisha with simply a bed — perhaps merely a mattress — a table, a stool (chair), and a candlestick. 2 Kgs 4:10-13. The word "furniture" is used in Gen 31:34 of the camel-trappings. FURROW is the translation of different words in the Hebrew. In Hos 10:10 the word is properly "transgressions." The complaining of the furrows. Job 31:38, is mentioned in Hindoo proverbs.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

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

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