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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Furme, n. Also: fwrme, furm. [ME. furme (a 1225), OF. furme, var. of forme. Cf. Fourme n. and Forme n.]

1. Form, in abstract senses. 1389 Wemyss Chart. 24.
Tha landys fornemmyt throch hym gyffyn into the fwrme and the condicyonys forsayde 1453 Stirlings of Keir 226.
We … sal perpetuall obserue … al the poyntis, [etc.], … furme and effect c1420 Wynt. viii. Prol. 4 (C).
Naturally … Mater walde furme hafwyth delyte 1493 Dunferm. B. Rec. 368.
The action pertenying to Schir John of Cockburn … in set & furm that day as this day

2. A mould. 1508 Treas. Acc. IV. 109.
The man that makis the furm for the gun

3. A form for sitting on. 14.. Acts I. 44/2.
A benk, a furm, a stull 1448 Ayr Burgh Ct. 1 April.
Thai haf ordanit … furmys [to be] made in the tolbuth 1547 Reg. Great S. 20/1.
Ane seit burd with the furmis therof 1563 Montgomery Mem. 197.
Ane syde furnist buird, with the trestis and furmes 1579 Edinb. Test. VII. 175 b.
I leif to my sone … ane burde on an creddel with ane furme 1630 Bamff Chart. 222.
Ane aiken furme the lenght of the burd 1656 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 351.
To caus repaire sume furmes in the loftis in the Hie Kirk, that honest men … may sitt thairin as becumeth