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It may fly in a fight
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fur
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Fur (alternative older spelling Fuur ) is a small Danish island in the Limfjord at the northern tip of the Salling peninsula . Fur has under 900 inhabitants. The island covers an area of 22 km². It is located at . The island is linked to the mainland through ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fur \Fur\, a. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. Fur seal (Zo["o]l.) one of several species of seals of the genera Callorhinus and Arclocephalus , inhabiting the North Pacific and the Antarctic oceans. They have ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c. "trimming or lining of a garment" (implied c.1300 in surname Furhode "fur hood"), probably from Old French forrer , fourrer "cover with fur, line (clothing)," in general "to cover, fill with," from fuerre "sheath, scabbard" (via notion of "covering"), ...
Usage examples of fur.
When he was ready to break camp, Ace decided to ride along the river until he came to a fur post.
Transport aircraft land daily on our airfield bringing fur clothing, skis, sledges and other things.
Figuring that the greeting was going to go on for a little while longer, Ake skirted the roiling mass of dog fur and confusion and approached Skerchock.
Eight wore the skins typical of the Akka people, furs and hides sewn into clothing.
To the left of the door were leather cases, piled one upon the other, a set of fur leg wrappings astand beside the cases, as though recently left.
It was as if a man had traveled the centuries from Warm-times, wrapped himself in fur, taken up javelins and atlatl, and filed his teeth.
Regis threw a furred bedgown about his shoulders and went to see what it was.
She longed to bury her face and hands in their fur, feel their raspy tongues on her cheeks and fingersor flippers as the case might behear their thundering purrs or even their disdainful scolding.
Twango himself, who came carefully across the garden, wearing his black gown and a bicorn hat of black fur to guard his head against the bite of the morning chill.
He was furred like one of the improbable animals in the bestiary, but there was no blemish on his chest.
Furs unpacked, there stalked among the tents great sachems glorious in robes of painted buckskin garnished with wampum, Indian children stark naked, young braves flaunting and boastful, wearing headdresses with strings of eagle quills reaching to the ground, each quill signifying an enemy taken.
The barge and the false rendezvous was the ruse by which we secured the Terran Colonel Bogey fur the sport.
We had heavy furs to keep us safe from the cold, and a thick woven rug to throw over Bor, as well as a sack of oats to feed him with, and dried meat and bread and beer for us.
His elven blade was sheathed at his side, his left hand carried a spear, and both riders wore helm and byrnie under their furs.
He and his companion busked themselves, putting on helm and byrnie, with furs above against the tearing cold.