Furring

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1. Verb form

of Fur

2. 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, v. t., 3.

3. Verb

The strips thus laid on.

4. Verb

Double planking of a ship's side.

5. Verb

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

6. Noun

a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue
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