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   Fur , n. [OE. furre, OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar lining, case, G. futter; akin to Icel. fōðr lining, Goth. fōdr, scabbard; cf. Skr. pātra 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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   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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   The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.
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   Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.
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   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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   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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   (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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   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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   Fur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furred ; p. pr. & vb. n. Furring.]
   To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. “You fur your gloves with reason.”
   Shak.
   
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   To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
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   (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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