fuor (fuor)

[Origin obscure.] In carp., a piece nailed to a rafter to strengthen it when decayed. E. H. Knight. fur1 (fèr), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also furre; seal, beaver, otter, etc., are among the costliest of clothing materials, both from their rarity and from the amount of labor involved in their preparation. The shepe also turnyng to grete prophyte, To helpe of man berythe furres blake and whyte. Polit., Relig., and Love Poems (ed. Furnivall), p. 16. This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch, The lion and the belly-pinched wolf Keep their fur dry, unbonneted he runs. IMG:content-1952.png:[blocks in formation] There are wilde Cats [in Brazil] which yeeld good furre , and are very fierce. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 842. Behold the Mountain-Tops, around, As if with Fur of Ermins crown'd. 3. Strips of skins bearing the natural fur, made in various forms, as capes, muffs, etc., and worn for warmth or ornament: used in the singular collectively, or in the plural. Fur-miniver or vair - was also formerly a mark of certain university degrees, and its use in certain cases was prescribed by statute, as in the statutes of the University of Paris, and in Laud's statutes of Oxford. Underneath is the picture of Sir William Cecil, after Lord Burleigh, in his gown and furs . Water land, Works, X. 320.