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Fur   /fər/   Listen
noun
Fur  n.  
1.
The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.
2.
The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.
3.
Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.
4.
pl. Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.). "Wrapped up in my furs."
5.
Any coating considered as resembling fur; as:
(a)
A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.
(b)
The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
(c)
The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
6.
(Her.) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.


verb
Fur  v. t.  (past & past part. furred; pres. part. furring)  
1.
To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. "You fur your gloves with reason."
2.
To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
3.
(Arch.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.


adjective
Fur  adj.  Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.
Fur seal (Zool.) one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; called also sea bear.





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... a town or large village, called St. Louis. It stands on a rock or bank of considerable height, in a beautiful and healthy situation, and is surrounded by a country of exuberant fertility. The inhabitants of this place are chiefly employed in the fur-trade, and seldom ...
— Travels in North America, From Modern Writers • William Bingley
... month of April or May, beat your fur garments well with a small cane or elastic stick, then wrap them up in linen, without pressing them too hard, and put betwixt the folds some camphor in small lumps; then put your furs in this state in boxes well closed. When the furs are wanted for use, beat ...
— The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing - A Manual of Ready Reference • Joseph Triemens
... sin Bahgundahegawegahmig, n. a barn, or a house to thresh grain in Bewegahegun, n. a chip Bemahdezewin, n. life Beezhahyaun, v. if I come Bemoosain, v. to walk Bewahbik, n. iron Bedoon, v. bring it, or fetch it Benetoon, v. clean it Boodahwahgun, n. chimney, fire-place Bewuyh, n. fur ...
— Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages - To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words • John Summerfield
... I've gone about as fur as I allow to go with them hosses," continued the driver suggestively, "and as time's ...
— Drift from Two Shores • Bret Harte
... coat, at the top of a short flight of rough-surfaced steps between two unplastered walls—a staircase which ultimately was to form part of an emergency exit from the dress-circle of the Regent Theatre. Sir John Pilgrim, also in a fur coat, stood near the bottom of the steps, with the glare of a Wells light full on him and throwing his shadow almost up to Edward Henry's feet. Around, Edward Henry could descry the vast mysterious forms of the ...
— The Regent • E. Arnold Bennett


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