Word Finder - fur

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The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

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The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.

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A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.

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A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

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One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.

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Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).

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A furry; a member of the furry subculture.

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Pubic hair.

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Sexual attractiveness.

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To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

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To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

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To level a surface by applying furring to it.

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• fur out

The animals were sleek and their black fur shined in the sunlight.

Fur short and closely applied to the skin.

She was dressed in a long, white fur coat that Katie had no doubt cost more than a small house.

A yellow ball of hissing fur flew past her.

White-gray fur covered a body with moth-eaten wings, a hideous face and yellowed fangs.

She understood all that awaited her only when, after stepping over the red baize at the entrance, she entered the hall, took off her fur cloak, and, beside Sonya and in front of her mother, mounted the brightly illuminated stairs between the flowers.

The cats' fur was matted from a bath in her dipping soup.

Xander was instantly fascinated by the sensation of downy fur and cotton spun so finely, it was like silk.

She brushed the dog's fur rather harshly and briskly.

Who bought the orange juice with fur in it?

She jumped off in her graceful way, a bal­lerina in a black fur coat.

Gladys, bedecked in an orange caftan and a fox fur jacket, smiled a knowing smile to Cynthia and was gone.

Boiler Tap to, empty +G the same water is used over and over again, and no fresh deposit of fur occurs.

A massive creature with black fur and fangs paused in front of the open door, sniffing the air.

Hannah removed her fur coat with a graceful flourish to reveal her snug clothing and perfect body.

He exhaled and began to pet her, still amazed at how thick and soft her fur felt.

For other sources see articles "Bohmische-Bruder" and "Zinzendorf" in Hauck's Realencyklopaedie; and for latest results of historical research, Zeitschrift fur Briidergeschichte (half-yearly).

Pierre too when she had gone almost ran into the anteroom, restraining tears of tenderness and joy that choked him, and without finding the sleeves of his fur cloak threw it on and got into his sleigh.

He was armed with a musketoon (which he carried rather as a joke), a pike and an ax, which latter he used as a wolf uses its teeth, with equal ease picking fleas out of its fur or crunching thick bones.

The region of the Red River and Assiniboine valleys was opened up by the fur traders, who came by the waterways from Lake Superior, and afterwards by the water communication with Hudson Bay.

The lime deposit or " fur " is a poor conductor of heat, and it is therefore most detrimental to the efficiency of the system to allow the interior of the boiler or any other portion to become furred up. Further, if not removed, the fur will in a short time bring about a fracture in the boiler.

General colour dark brown, the outer fur being long and rather loose, with a woolly under-coat.

He looked at the snowflakes fluttering above the fire and remembered a Russian winter at his warm, bright home, his fluffy fur coat, his quickly gliding sleigh, his healthy body, and all the affection and care of his family.

Rostov, who had completely forgotten Denisov, not wishing anyone to forestall him, threw off his fur coat and ran on tiptoe through the large dark ballroom.

Why, she'll rush out more dead than alive just in the things she is wearing; if you delay at all there'll be tears and 'Papa' and 'Mamma,' and she's frozen in a minute and must go back--but you wrap the fur cloak round her first thing and carry her to the sleigh.

In Marya Dmitrievna's anteroom the footman who helped him off with his fur coat said that the mistress asked him to come to her bedroom.

Her fur was lustrous and her nose looked like black velvet.

The spores of Rusts, Erysipheae an d other Fungi may be conveyed from plant to plant by snails; those of tree-killing polyporei, &c., by mice, rabbits, rats, &c., which rub their fur against the hymenophores.

It was formerly employed by the Hudson's Bay Company as part of a canoe route to the fur lands of the north.

Jackson ran both his hands through her fur, checking for injury.

The kid had been cleaned and its copper colored fur was still damp.

One ear was torn half off and his fur was bloody around the collar.

They looked a little thin to her, and their fur looked shaggy.

Hopefully there wouldn't be any little surprise piles of fur and bones.

There is a good deal of variation in the colour of the fur, the prevailing tint being grey.

By his energy, industry and sound judgment he gradually enlarged his operations, did business in all the fur markets of the world, and amassed an enormous fortune, - the largest up to that time made by any American.

He devoted many years to carrying out a project for organizing the fur trade from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean, and thence by way of the Hawaiian Islands to China and India.

The portrait of Archbishop Warham at Lambeth, for instance, shows a rochet with fairly wide sleeves narrowing towards the wrists, where they are confined by fur cuffs.

It is covered with a dense soft fur 4 in.

The fur (q.v.) of this rodent was prized by the ancient Peruvians, who made coverlets and other articles with the skin, and at the present day the skins are exported in large numbers to Europe, where they are made into muffs, tippets and trimmings.

It is of no particular service to man, neither its flesh nor its fur being generally put to use, while the statement that its presence is sufficient to drive off rats and mice appears to be without foundation.

Lieutenant Waxel and William Steller, a naturalist, left at the head of Bering's party after his death, by their researches laid the foundation of the important fur trade of these waters.

During his absence de Chastes had died, and his privileges and fur trade monopolies were conferred upon Pierre de Guast, sieur de Monts (1560-1611).

Until 1830 the fur-trade, controlled largely by John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, continued to be the predominating interest in the Wisconsin region, but then the growing lead mining industry began to overshadow the fur-trade, and in the mining region towns and smelting furnaces were rapidly built.

A double-breasted navy jacket was teamed with a round red fur trimmed skirt, cowgirl boots and checked red trapper hat.

The door exploded open in flames, wood, and black fur.

A soft moan sounding nothing like her reached his ears, and then slowly, out from under the cover, emerged a huge wolf with bronze colored fur.

Sarah crouched to the floor and timidly put her hand into Elisabeth's fur.

The occupant of the large chair in the corner of the living room launched towards her in a flurry of brown and black fur.

They present great diversities of size, length and thickness of fur, and coloration, although resembling each other in all important structural characters.