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verb

Fur v. t. (past & past part. furred; pres. part. furring)

To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. "You fur your gloves with reason."

To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

(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.

noun

Furring n.

(Carp.)

(a)

The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur, v. t., 3.

(b)

The strips thus laid on.

(Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.

A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.

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Etymology of 'Furring'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Furring" Quotes from Famous Books

... rare coincidence is good. I would not be one of those who will foolishly drive a nail into mere lath and plastering; such a deed would keep me awake nights. Give me a hammer, and let me feel for the furring. Do not depend on the putty. Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction—a work at which you would not be ashamed to invoke the Muse. So will help ...

— Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience • Henry David Thoreau

... said to be temporarily or permanently hard according to the kind of lime it has in solution. Temporarily hard water may be softened by boiling; the lime will be deposited, as may be seen in the "furring" of tea-kettles. Boiling has no effect in softening permanently hard water, so a substance known as an alkali is used ...

— Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management • Ministry of Education