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)

1. A stove or oven; a device for cooking upon or in.
2. A pot for boiling food in, especially of great size.
3. A furnace (especially when used for glassworking or metalworking).
4. Fires used to inflict punishment or retribution upon someone.
5. (figurative) Anything of great heat.
6. (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.