ppl. a. Amply provided, stocked, equipped, etc. (see FURNISHED).
1474. Paston Lett., III. 107. He … lefte a greet garnyson theer, weell ffornysshyd in vytayll.
1553. [see FURNISHED 2 c].
1566. Painter (title), The Palace of Pleasure, Beautified adorned and well furnished with pleasaunt Histories and excellent Nouels.
1618. Gainsford, P. Warbeck, 45. The Kings Foreward being full of companie and well furnished.
1635–56. Cowley, Davideis, IV. end. Lo! they ’arriv’ed now th’ appointed place; Well-chosen and well furnisht for the Chase.
1687. Lond. Gaz., No. 2240/4. A thick well furnished grey Gelding, full aged.
1710. Congreve, Doris, 11, Wks. 1730, III. 293. Her sparkling Eyes she still retains, And Teeth in good Repair; And her well-furnish’d Front disdains To grace with borrow’d Hair.
1852. Grote, Greece, II. lxix. (1862), VI. 193. A year’s campaign … would enable them to return with a well-furnished purse.
b. esp. of a house or room.
1635–56. Cowley, Davideis, I. 681. Well-furnisht-Chambers, for in each there stood, A narrow Couch, Table and Chair of wood.
1829. Anniversary, 122. He has… fair estate,… a well furnished house, [etc.].
1850. Lynch, Theoph. Trinal, vii. 133. A well-clad woman in a well-furnished room.
Hence Well-furnishedness.
1653. H. More, Conject. Cabbal. (1662), 118. In respect of the fulness and well-furnishedness of the Earth.
