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Furring

noun
1.
A furlike coating of matter as on the tongue.
2.
Strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard.  Synonym: furring strip.





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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


Words linked to "Furring" :   symptom, strip, furring strip


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