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<h1>Furrier</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"ri*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fourreur</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods.</def>

<h1>Furriery</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"ri*er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Furs, in general.</def>

<i>Tooke.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The business of a furrier; trade in furs.</def>

<h1>Furring</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"ring</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See <er>Fur</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, 3.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The strips thus laid on.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>Double planking of a ship's side.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.</def>

<h1>Furrow</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>forow</ets>, <ets>forgh</ets>, <ets>furgh</ets>, AS. <ets>furh</ets>; akin to D. <ets>voor</ets>, OHG. <ets>furuh</ets>, G. <ets>furche</ets>, Dan. <ets>fure</ets>, Sw. <ets>f<?/ra</ets>, Icel. for drain, L. <ets>porca</ets> ridge between two furrows.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; <as>as, the furrows of age</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Farrow weed</col> <cd>a weed which grows on plowed land.</cd> <i>Shak</i>. -- <col>To draw a straight furrow</col>, <cd>to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. <i>Lowell</i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Furrow</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"row</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Furrowed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Furrowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <er>Furrow</er>, <tt>n.</tt>; cf. AS. <ets>fyrian</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; <as>as, to furrow the ground or sea</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To mark with channels or with wrinkles.</def>

<blockquote>Thou canst help time to <b>furrow</b> me with age. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Fair cheeks were <b>furrowed</b> with hot tears. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Furrowy</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"row*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Furrowed.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Furry</h1> <Xpage=605>

<hw>Fur"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fur</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Covered with fur; dressed in fur.</def> "<i>Furry</i> nations."

<i>Thomson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Consisting of fur; <as>as, furry spoils</as>.</def>