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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fur /ˈfɝ/
 毛皮製品,毛皮,軟毛(vt.)以毛皮製作,使生苔,使生垢(vi.)生苔,積鍋垢

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.”
 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.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fur 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. 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. One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fur a. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.
 Fur seal Zool. 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.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 fur
      n 1: the dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: pelt]
      2: dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal
         or weasel)
      3: a garment made of fur
      [also: furring, furred]