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fur·ring

   [fur-ing]
noun
1.
the act of lining, trimming, or clothing with fur: Furring this coat will take several weeks.
2.
the fur used: What kind of furring would you like?
3.
the formation of a coating of matter on something, as on the tongue: A heavy furring could mean a high fever.
4.
Building Trades.
a.
the attaching of strips of wood or the like (furring strips) to a wall or other surface, as to provide an even support for lath or to provide an air space between the wall and plasterwork.
b.
material used for this purpose.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see fur, -ing1

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fur

   [fur] noun, adjective, verb, furred, fur·ring.
noun
1.
the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
2.
the skin of certain animals, as the sable, ermine, or beaver, covered with such a coat, used for lining, trimming, or making garments.
3.
a garment made of fur.
4.
any coating resembling or suggesting fur, as certain matter on the tongue.
5.
Heraldry. any conventional representation of a fur, as ermine, vair, potent, or their variations.
adjective
6.
of or pertaining to fur, animal skins, dressed pelts, etc.: a fur coat; a fur trader.
verb (used with object)
7.
to line, face, or trim, with fur, as a garment.
8.
Building Trades. to apply furring to (a wall, ceiling, etc.).
9.
to clothe (a person) with fur.
10.
to coat with foul or deposited matter.
Idiom
11.
make the fur fly,
a.
to cause a scene or disturbance, especially of a violent nature; make trouble: When the kids got mad they really made the fur fly.
b.
to do things quickly: She always makes the fur fly when she types.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English furre (noun), derivative of furren to trim with fur < Anglo-French furrer, Old French fo(u)rrer orig. to encase, derivative of fuerre sheath < Germanic; akin to Old English fōdder case, sheath, Old Norse fōthr, Greek pṓma

Related forms
fur·less, adjective

Can be confused: fir, fur.
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furring (ˈfɜːrɪŋ)
 
—n
1.  a.  short for furring strip
 b.  the fixing of furring strips
 c.  furring strips collectively
2.  the formation of fur on the tongue
3.  trimming of animal fur, as on a coat or other garment, or furs collectively

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fur
c.1300, probably from O.Fr. fourrer "to line, sheathe," from fuerre "sheath, covering," from Frank. *fodr (cf. O.H.G. >*poul-/*pul-fotar "a cover"), from P.Gmc. *fothram "sheath." The n. (mid-14c.) is from the verb. It was first applied early 15c. to "animal hair still on the animal."
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"I'le make the fur Flie 'bout the eares of the old Cur." [Butler, "Hudibras," 1663]
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fur definition


  1. n.
    the police. (A play on the fuzz.) : I think the fur is onto you, Rocko.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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