fur

fur has 16 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

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