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FUR
fur
(noun) dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
fur
(noun) a garment made of animal pelts or synthetic fur
fur, pelt
(noun) the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)
The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
A thick pile of fabric.
The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
(hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
(vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
(vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
Verb
fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)
(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
(transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
Synonym: fur out
Etymology 2
Conjunction
fur
Pronunciation spelling of for.
Preposition
fur
Pronunciation spelling of for.
Anagrams
• urf
Noun
Fur (plural Furs or Fur)
A member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.
Proper noun
Fur
The language of this people.
Anagrams
• urf
Source: Wiktionary
Fur, n. Etym: [OE. furre, OF. forre, fuerre, sheatth, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar lining, case, G. futter; akin to Icel. f lining, Goth. f, scabbard; cf. Skr. p vessel, dish. The German and Icel. words also have the sense, fodder, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. Fodder food, Fother, v. t., Forel, 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.
Definition: 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. Lady M. W. Montagu.
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.)
Definition: One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture.
Fur, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. Fur seal (Zoöl.) 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.
Fur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furred; p. pr. & vb. n. Furring.]
1. To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. "You fur your gloves with reason." Shak.
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. Gwill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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