'Fur' definitions:

Definition of 'fur'

noun

The dressed hairy coat of a mammal [syn: fur, pelt]

noun

Dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)

noun

A garment made of the dressed hairy coat of a mammal

From: GCIDE

Fur \Fur\ (f[^u]r), n. [OE. furre, OF. forre, fuerre, sheath, case, of German origin; cf. OHG. fuotar lining, case, G. futter; akin to Icel. f[=o][eth]r lining, Goth. f[=o]dr, scabbard; cf. Skr. p[=a]tra vessel, dish. The German and Icel. words also have the sense, fodder, but this was probably a different word originally. Cf. Fodder food, Fother, v. t., Forel, n.] [1913 Webster]
1. The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser. [1913 Webster]
2. The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs. [1913 Webster]
3. Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament. [1913 Webster]
4. pl. Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.). [1913 Webster]
Wrapped up in my furs. --Lady M. W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
6. (Her.) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six. --See Tincture. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Fur \Fur\, a. Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

Fur \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." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue. [1913 Webster]
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. --Gwill. [1913 Webster]