fur
n. விலங்கின் மென்மயிர், குறுமென் மயிர்தோல், நோயாளி நாவிற் படரும் வெண்படலம், கொதி கலங்களினுட் படியும் சுண்ணக்கரியகைச் சத்து, (வினை) குறுமென்மயிர் போர்த்து, குறுமென்மயிராடை அணிவி, குறுமென்மயிர் போர்த்தப்பெறு, குறுமென் மயிர்த்தோல் கரைவரியமை, கொதிகலத்தினுள் சுண்ணக்கரியகை படிவி, கொதிகலத்தினுட் சுண்ணக்கரியகை படி, நோயாளியின் நாவின்மீது வெண்படலம் படர்வி, வேம்பாவின் பொருக்கு அகற்றித்துப்புரவுசெய், நிலத்தளப் பிளவுகளில் மரத்துண்டுகளைச் செருகித் தளத்தைச் சமப்படுத்து.
Fur, n. Etym: [OE. furre, OF. forre, fuerre, sheatth, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar lining, case, G. futter; akin to Icel. f lining, Goth. f, scabbard; cf. Skr. p vessel, dish. The German and Icel. words also have the sense, fodder, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. Fodder food, Fother, v. t., Forel, n.] 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. pl. Defn: 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: (a) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever. (b) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach. (c) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water. 6. (Her.) Defn: One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. See Tincture. Fur, a. Defn: Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. Fur seal (Zoöl.) one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus, inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have a coat of fine and soft fur which is highly prized. The northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) breeds in vast numbers on the Prybilov Islands, off the coast of Alaska; -- called also sea bear. Fur, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furred; p. pr. & vb. n. Furring.] 1. To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes. "You fur your gloves with reason." Shak. 2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue. 3. (Arch.) 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. Gwill.