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Furring   Listen
noun
Furring  n.  
1.
(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.
2.
(Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.
3.
A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.





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"Furring" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


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