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): /furˈnæi̯s/, /ˈfurnis/ === Noun === forneys (plural forneyses) A stove or oven; a device for cooking upon or in. A pot for boiling food in, especially of great size. A furnace (especially when used for glassworking or metalworking). Fires used to inflict punishment or retribution upon someone. (figurative) Anything of great heat. (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 23 September 2018.