Furnivall

[ fur-nuh-vuh l ]

/ ˈfɜr nə vəl /

noun

Frederick James,1825–1910, English philologist and editor.

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Example sentences from the Web for furnivall

Miss Furnivall was an old lady not far from eighty, I should think, but I do not know.
Curious, if True|Elizabeth Gaskell
Hales and Furnivall, has—'Acton, a wadded or quilted tunic worn under the hauberk.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
Furnivall, p. 13, where instructions are given for extracting the quintessence out of the four elements.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 (of 7) -- Notes to the Canterbury Tales|Geoffrey Chaucer
From geten to gayler; Dr. Furnivall has not got this quite right.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7)|Geoffrey Chaucer

Dr. Furnivall contributes an illuminating introduction, and Hugh Thomson's illustrations are, as usual, very satisfactory.
A Mother's List of Books for Children|Gertrude Weld Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for furnivall

Furnivall

/ (ˈfɜːnɪvəl) /

noun

Frederick James . 1825–1910, English philologist: founder of the Early English Text Society and one of the founders of the Oxford English Dictionary

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