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   Fur

   /fər/

   

   noun

   • 1. the short, fine, soft hair of certain animals: "a long, lean, muscular cat with sleek fur"
   • ▪ the skin of an animal with fur on it: "the trapper can sell his furs to the highest bidder"
   • ▪ skins with fur on them, or fabrics resembling these, used as material for making, trimming, or lining clothes: "jackets made out of yak fur"
   • ▪ a garment made of, trimmed, or lined with fur: "she pulled the fur around her"
   • ▪ any of several heraldic tinctures representing animal skins in stylized form (e.g. ermine, vair).
   • 2. a coating formed by hard water on the inside surface of a pipe, kettle, or other container: British "fur or scale, not just in kettles but in other hidden parts of the hot-water system"
   • ▪ a coating formed on the tongue, typically as a symptom of sickness.

   verb

   • 1. coat or clog with a deposit or thick layer: British "the so-called “bad” cholesterol furs up coronary arteries"
   • 2. fix strips of wood to (floor joists, wall studs, etc.) in order to level them or increase their depth: "the drain could be concealed by furring out the original wall"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French forrer ‘to line, sheathe’, from forre ‘sheath’, of Germanic origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. furless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • F

     4

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

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