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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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... up his residence about three or four miles from the village. Four of the Spanish soldiers one night, well armed, stole from their barracks, in direct violation of orders, and repairing to the dwelling of the Cacique, robbed him of some rich fur mantles, and other valuable articles of clothing. With that even-handed justice which has thus far characterized De Soto, he who had ordered two Indians to be shot for stealing his swine, now ordered the two ringleaders ...
— Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi - American Pioneers and Patriots • John S. C. Abbott
... crossed the room to go, his solemnity returned. "Missy," he said earnestly, "ef dat young gelmun fall in love wid you, w'ich I knows he will ef he ketch sight er you, lemme say dis, an' please fo' to ba'h in mine: better have nuttin' do wid him fo' he own sake; an' 'bove all, keep him fur sway f'um dese p'emises. Don' let him come in ...
— The Two Vanrevels • Booth Tarkington
... whereas, if the general health of the person be deficient these bristle-like radiations seem to be more or less tangled, twisted, or curly; and, in some cases present a drooping appearance, and in extreme cases present the appearance of soft, limp fur. ...
— The Human Aura - Astral Colors and Thought Forms • Swami Panchadasi
... coom quick. Now when I were a bairn, that's forty year sin', We heard i' York 'at Merriky refused To pay the taxes, just three munth's arter; An' that wur bonnie toime, fur then t'coaach Tuk but foive daaies ti mak' t' hull waai' doon, Two ...
— Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. - A Drama. And Other Poems. • Sarah Anne Curzon
... we!" Uncle Dick laughed aloud in triumph. "I found three in an old fur trader's loft here, and—well, I bought them. He'd forgotten he had them—forty years and more. A blanket and a quilt and a robe each, or Jesse and John to divide the biggest robe—and there ...
— The Young Alaskans on the Missouri • Emerson Hough


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