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Available Definitions:
1) n. - The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See Fur , v. t., 3.
2) v. t. - The strips thus laid on.
3) v. t. - Double planking of a ship's side.
4) v. t. - A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.
5) n. - Any coating considered as resembling fur
6) n. - A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.
7) n. - The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
8) n. - The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
9) n. - One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.
10) a. - Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.
11) v. t. - To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.
12) v. t. - To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
13) v. t. - 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.
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