fur

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

2. 2noun

   The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

3. 3noun

   Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

4. 4noun

   Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).

5. 5noun

   Any coating considered as resembling fur

6. 6noun

   A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.

7. 7noun

   The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

8. 8noun

   The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

9. 9noun

   One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

10. 10adjective

    Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.

11. 11transitive verb

    To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.

12. 12transitive verb

    To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

13. 13transitive verb

    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.

14. 14noun

    dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

15. 15noun

    a garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

16. 16noun

    the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

    Synonyms

    pelt