Fur | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Fŭr, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. furra, a hairy skin, Fr. fourrure, fur, Sp. & Pg. forro, lining, the inner covering of a thing, It. fodero, lining, scabbard, from Goth. fōdr, scabbard, originally made of skin, Icel. fōdr, lining, Ger. futter, lining, case, fur.]

Sense 1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

Sense 2. The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

Sense 3. Strips of skins with fur, used on garments for lining or for ornament; as, garments are lined or faced with fur.

Sense 4. 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.) A coat or crust formed on the interior of vessels by matter deposited by hard water.

Fŭr, a.

adjective

a. Pertaining to, or made of, fur.

Fŭr, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FURRED (fŭrd); p. pr. & vb. n. FURRING.] 1. To line, face, or cover with fur; as, a furred robe. You fur your gloves with reason. Shak.

To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
(Arch.) To nail small strips of board upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface. Gwilt.