forneys

See also: Forneys

Middle English

Alternative forms

furnays, furneis, furneys, fournace, fornes, fornys, fornyce, fornace, furnas, fourneys

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /furˈnai̯s/, /ˈfurnis/

Noun

forneys (plural forneyses)

A stove or oven; a device for cooking upon or in.
A pot for boiling food in, especially of great size.
A furnace (especially when used for glassworking or metalworking).
Fires used to inflict punishment or retribution upon someone.
(figuratively) Anything of great heat.
(rare) A device for boiling non-fermented liquor.

Descendants

English: furnace
Scots: furnace

References

“furnais(e, -eis(e, -as(se, -ace, -es, -ice n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-23.

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