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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Furnis(s)ing, Furnes(s)ing, vbl. n. Also: furnysing, -neissing, -naissing, fowrnessing, fournesin; furnisching, fornishing. [Late ME. fornysshyng (1417), e.m.E. furnysshyng (1529).]

1. That which serves to furnish; material or supplies serving for some purpose.(a) 1456 Hay II. 164/19.
Thy barounis … and thy commounis ar the stuf … and furnyssing of thy realme 1539 Ex. Processes (Reg. H.) No. 5.
Tua culverynis with cawmis and furnissing 1553 Reg. Privy C. I. 144.
The said hous … togidder with sic stuff and furnessing as belangis to the keping thairof 1567 Bamff Chart. 71.
The pleugh with the yokis, furnessing [etc.]. Ane vayne and ane cart with the furnessing 1582 Glasgow Prot. VIII. 56.
Four hundreth merkis … for certane furneissing and wthir silvir debursit be thame 1603 Montgomery Mem. 249.
For ane stand of fustean clos to my pag[e] vith all fournesin to them 1617 Sutherland Corr. 132.
Ane stand of haliedayis clais … with the furnising

2. The action of supplying something with material or accessories.(a) 1497 Treas. Acc. I. 338.
Giffin to Robert Ker to the furnising of the artailȝerj 1535–6 M. Works Acc. IV. 69.
Dalis and rauchteris to the furnising of the werk 1598 Treas. Acc. MS. 86 b.
For irne and steill … for the furnissing of the cannoun 1599 Reg. Privy C. V. 550.
For the … furnissing of thair majesties houssis and equirie(b) 1500 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 84.
Anent the furnesing and laiding of the schips that ar laidand 1511 Treas. Acc. IV. 278.
To the furnesing and casting of ane gret canoun 1548 Ib. IX. 202.
To my lorde governoures catoure … to the furnesing of my lordes hous 1590 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 67.
The stent … sett and imposit … for furthrigging and furnesing of the said schip 1600 Acts IV. 230/1.
Anent the hamebringing of bulyeon for furnessing of the cunȝehous(c) 1582 Glasgow Prot. VIII. 56.
For … silvir debursit be thame … uponne the uphalding and furneissing of my hows

3. The supplying of a person with something.(a) 1540 Reg. Privy S. II. 503/2.
With the keping of all gudis … for furnissing of oure soverane lord in bedding and uthirwais 1548 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 144.
Thai … will nocht sell the samyn [wines] for furnissing of the Quenis liegis 1589 Reg. Privy C. IV. 406.
To be free and unaccusable for thair ressett and furnissing grantit to the saidis Erlis 1620 Grant Chart. 326.
Payit … for hir furnissing and chalmermaill all the tyme of the lairdis being thair(b) 1528 Edinb. B. Rec. I. 228.
To sell flesche … for the furnessing of our souerane lord and his liegis 1538–9 M. Works Acc. V. 25 b.
Cullouris to the furnessing of the paintouris 1589 Treas. Acc. MS. 170.
For the furnessing of certane his domestique sernitouris to serue thame in cleithing

4. The providing or supplying of something. 1509 Reg. Privy S. I. 280/1.
For the furnessing of oure said cunȝe in all tyme cumming 1516 Ib. 421/1.
For … furnysing of his expens now passing in the realme of Ingland in the kingis ambassiatry 1556 Liber Calchou 484.
Allowit … for furnissing of walx to the kirk … at Candilmes, and wyne and oistis at Pasche 1575 Edinb. Test. V. 114.
For … ane dais furnesing in the ȝeir of meit and drink to him & his cumpany 1586 Treas. Acc. MS. 109.
To the furneissing of the duile clais 1593 Ib. 81 b.
For furnessing of knyves and forkis to thair maiesties tabillis 1632–3 Misc. Spald. C. V. 104.
For furneissing of the brydillbytt, stirupe irnes [etc.]