fur

The indurated sediment sometimes found in neglected ships' boilers. (See furring.)

← funny × furl, to →

fur
fūr, fūris, comm. [root fer-, v. fero; cf. Gr. φώρ, Gell. 1, 18], a thief (syn.: latro, praedo, pira...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
fur
fūr fūris, m 1 FER-, a thief : nocturnus: fures aerari, S.: magnus ex Sicilia, i. e. extortioner ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Fur
·noun Any coating considered as resembling fur. II. Fur ·vt To cover with morbid matter, as the ton...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
fur
a furrow. Rig and fur. Northumb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
to make the fur fly
To claw; scratch; wound severely. Used figuratively. Mr. Hannegan was greatly excited, which proved...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.