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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fur \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.
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     2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fur \Fur\, a.
     Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur
     cap; the fur trade.
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     {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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fur \Fur\ (f[^u]r), n. [OE. furre, OF. forre, fuerre, sheath,
     case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar lining, case, G.
     futter; akin to Icel. f[=o][eth]r lining, Goth. f[=o]dr,
     scabbard; cf. Skr. p[=a]tra 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.]
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     1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing
        thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which
        is longer and coarser.
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     2. The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry;
        as, a cargo of furs.
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     3. Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for
        warmth or for ornament.
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     4. pl. Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs
        for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).
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              Wrapped up in my furs.                --Lady M. W.
                                                    Montagu.
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     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.
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     6. (Her.) One of several patterns or diapers used as
        tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some
        writers, only six. --See Tincture.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fur
       n 1: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: {pelt}]
       2: dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal
          or weasel)
       3: a garment made of fur
       [also: {furring}, {furred}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  211 Moby Thesaurus words for "fur":
     Australian seal, Leatherette, Leatheroid, achievement, alerion,
     animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms,
     azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bearskin,
     beaver, beaverette, bend, bend sinister, billet, black fox,
     black marten, black sable, blazon, blazonry, bordure, bristle,
     broad arrow, brook mink, buckskin, cadency mark, calf, calfskin,
     canton, capeskin, capillament, cat, chaplet, charge, chevron,
     chief, chinchilla, chinchillette, cilium, coast seal, coat,
     coat of arms, coating, cockatrice, coney, coronet, cowhide,
     crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, cuticle, deerskin,
     dermis, device, difference, differencing, doeskin, down, eagle,
     eiderdown, electric seal, enamel, ermine, ermines, erminites,
     erminois, escutcheon, facing, falcon, fell, fess, fess point,
     field, file, film, flanch, fleece, flesh, fleur-de-lis, floss,
     flue, fluff, fox, fret, furring, furs, fusil, fuzz, garland, genet,
     goatskin, griffin, gules, gyron, hair, hatchment, helmet,
     heraldic device, hide, honor point, horsehair, imitation fur,
     imitation leather, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, integument,
     jacket, jaguar, label, lacquer, lapin, leather, leather paper,
     leopard, lint, lion, lozenge, mane, mantling, marmot, marshaling,
     marten, martlet, mascle, merino, metal, mink, mole, moleskin,
     monkey, motto, mullet, muskrat, nombril point, nutria, octofoil,
     or, ordinary, orle, otter, outer layer, outer skin, paint, pale,
     paly, pean, pellicle, pelt, peltry, pelts, pheon, pigskin, pile,
     pubescence, pubic hair, purpure, quarter, quartering, rabbit,
     rabbitskin, raccoon, rawhide, revetment, rind, rose, sable,
     saltire, scale, scum, scutcheon, seal, setula, shag, shagreen,
     sheath, sheepskin, shield, skin, skins, skunk, spread eagle,
     squirrel, subordinary, swansdown, tegument, tenne, thistledown,
     tiger, tincture, torse, tressure, unicorn, vair, varnish, veneer,
     vert, white fox, wool, wreath, yale
  
  

















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