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Webster 1913 Edition

Fur

Fur

(fûr)
,
Noun.
[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
,
Verb.
T.
,
Forel
,
Noun.
]
1.
The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.
2.
The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry;
as, a cargo of furs
.
3.
Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.
4.
pl.
Articles of clothing made of fur;
as, a set of
furs
for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.)
.
Wrapped up in my
furs
.
Lady M. W. Montagu.
5.
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.
6.
(Her.)
One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.
See Tincture.

Fur

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

Fur

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Furred
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Furring
.]
1.
To line, face, or cover with fur;
as,
furred
robes
.
“You fur your gloves with reason.”
Shak.
2.
To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
3.
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fur

FUR

,
Noun.
1.
The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser. Fur is one of the most perfect non-conductors of heat, and serves to keep animals warm in cold climates.
2.
The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as a cargo of furs.
3.
Strips of skin with fur, used on garments for lining or for ornament. Garments are lined or faced with fur.
4.
Hair in general; a loose application of the word.
5.
A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.

FUR

, v.t.
1.
To line, face or cover with fur; as a furred robe.
2.
To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
3.
To line with a board, as in carpentry.

Definition 2024

Fur

Fur

See also: fur, fúr, fûr, für, and fur.

English

Noun

Fur ‎(plural Furs or Fur)

  1. A member of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.

Proper noun

Fur

  1. The language of this people.

fur

fur

See also: Fur, fúr, fûr, für, and fur.

English

Furs (pelts)

Pronunciation

Noun

fur ‎(plural furs)

  1. Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
  2. Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
    • Lady M. W. Montagu
      wrapped up in my furs
  3. A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
  4. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
    1. A thick pile of fabric.
    2. The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
    3. The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
    4. The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
  5. (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
  6. A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
    • 2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
      "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  7. (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  8. (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

fur ‎(third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)

  1. (transitive) To cover with fur.
Translations
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Conjunction

fur

  1. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

Preposition

fur

  1. Eye dialect spelling of for, representing African American Vernacular English.

Aromanian

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.

Alternative forms

Verb

fur (past participle furatã)

  1. I steal.

Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.

Alternative forms

Noun

fur m ‎(plural furi)

  1. thief, robber

Synonyms

  • furcudar, haramiu, chisãgi, caceac

Catalan

Noun

fur m ‎(plural furs)

  1. fuero

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • fachir (Ragusan dialect)

Etymology

From Latin facere, present active infinitive of faciō. Compare Italian fare, French faire, Romansch far.

Verb

fur

  1. (Vegliot) to do, make

French

Etymology

From Latin forum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fyʁ/

Noun

fur m ‎(plural not attested)

  1. Only used in au fur et à mesure ‎(“to an equitable extent”)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōr, from the root *bʰer- ‎(“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ ‎(phṓr).

Pronunciation

Noun

fūr m ‎(genitive fūris); third declension

  1. A thief

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fūr fūrēs
genitive fūris fūrum
dative fūrī fūribus
accusative fūrem fūrēs
ablative fūre fūribus
vocative fūr fūrēs

Related terms

Descendants

References

Lojban

Rafsi

fur

  1. rafsi of fusra.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fur]

Verb

fur

  1. first-person singular present tense form of fura.
  2. first-person singular subjunctive form of fura.

Etymology

From Latin fūr.

Noun

fur m ‎(plural furi)

  1. (archaic) thief

Synonyms

Related terms

Somali

Verb

fur

  1. open

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʉːr/
  • Rhymes: -ʉːr

Alternative forms

Noun

fur c ‎(uncountable)

  1. pinewood
  2. (archaic) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)

Related terms

Synonyms

  • (wood): furu
  • (tree): tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees), fura

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

fur

  1. Soft mutation of mur.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
mur fur unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Etymology

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre ‎(“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą ‎(“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor ‎(“sheaf”), Dutch voering ‎(“lining”), German Futter ‎(“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 ‎(fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- ‎(“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō ‎(“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶυ ‎(pôu, “flock”), πῶμα ‎(pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν ‎(poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան ‎(hawran, “herd, flock”), Kurdish pawan ‎(“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति ‎(pāti, “he watches, protects”).

The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer ‎(“to line; stuff; fill”), from the noun.

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