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Definition of Furmity
1. frumenty [n -TIES] - See also: frumenty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Furmity
Literary usage of Furmity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"At last, the great man appeared, and furmity and custard were abandoned—not,
however, till I had eaten enough to make me ill next day ..."
2. The Saturday Magazine (1835)
"In addition to the furmity and cake, a quarter of lamb is provided for the ...
But it may be inquired, whence the particular appropriation of furmity and ..."
3. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by Edward Hungerford Goddard, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (1878)
"Whether the "furmity" custom, or the name, survives I know not, but the gathering
together of people did continue some few years ago on Palm Sunday, ..."
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