• | The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser. |
• | The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs. |
• | Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament. |
• | Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.). |
• | Any coating considered as resembling fur |
• | A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever. |
• | The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach. |
• | The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water. |
• | One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. |
• | Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. |
• | To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. |
• | To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue. |
• | 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. |
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