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Webster 1913 Edition
Fir
Fir
(fẽr)
, Noun.
[Dan.
fyr
, fyrr
; akin to Sw. furu
, Icel. fura
, AS. furh
in furh
wudu fir wood, G. föhre
, OHG. forha
pine, vereh
eih a sort of oak, L. quercus
oak.] (Bot.)
A genus (
Abies
) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir
, the silver fir
, the red fir
, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus
. ☞ Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three species of pine.
J. D. Hooker.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fir
FIR
, n.The name of several species of the genus Pinus; as the Scotch fir, the silver fir, spruce fir, hemlock fir, and oriental fir.