furr

n. [ Cf. F. fourreur. ] A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Furs, in general. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The business of a furrier; trade in furs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Carp.) (a) 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. (b) The strips thus laid on. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Furrowed p. pr. & vb. n. Furrowing. ] [ From Furrow, n.; cf. AS. fyrian. ] 1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f&unr_;ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows. ] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. Shak. --
To draw a straight furrow, to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furrowed. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]