Definitions for the word "fur" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Any coating considered as resembling fur
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. a.
Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
1 a short fine soft animal hair. B hide with fur on it, used esp. For clothing. 2 garment of or lined with fur. 3 (collect.) Animals with fur. 4 fur-like coating on the tongue, in a kettle, etc. v. (-rr-) 1 (esp. As furred adj.) Line or trim with fur. 2 (often foll. By up) (of a kettle etc.) Become coated with fur. make the fur fly colloq. Cause a disturbance, stir up trouble. [french from germanic]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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