fur

fur is a   Noun

Definition:

[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] 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:

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

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

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

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

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