Furring

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt The strips thus laid on.

II. Furring ·vt Double planking of a ship's side.

III. Furring ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Fur.

IV. Furring ·vt A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.

V. Furring ·noun The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. ·see Fur, ·vt, 3.

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