n.
    - the short, fine, soft hair of certain animals. 
▸the skin of an animal with fur on it, used in making or trimming garments.
 ▸Heraldry  any of several heraldic tinctures representing animal skins in stylized form (e.g. ermine).
 - a coat made from fur.
 - Brit. a coating formed by hard water on the inside surface of a pipe, kettle, etc.
 - a coating formed on the tongue as a symptom of sickness.
 
v.
 (furs, furring, furred)
  - Brit. coat or clog with a deposit.
 - level (floor or wall timbers) by inserting strips of wood.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    - fur and feather
 game mammals and birds.  - the fur will fly
 informal there will be a fierce argument. 
   
  Derivative
  
    - furless adj.
  - -furred adj.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. forrer ‘to line, sheathe’, from forre ‘sheath’, of Gmc origin.