单词 | furring |
释义 | furringn. 1. a. The action of clothing or adorning with fur. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > other disguising1395 furring1554 making-up1632 reclothing1753 overdressing1806 re-dressing1825 overclothing1859 revesting1907 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > carrying out specific processes > other tuckingc1440 sleeving1495 stenting1507 welting1508 furring1554 poignetting1555 bombasing1598 flouncing1766 fulling1810 goring1814 piping1825 slashing1834 collaring1865 gusseting1883 overtrimming1897 post-boarding1952 1554 T. Martin Traictise Marriage of Priestes (R.) Their whole life is spent..in providing for furring of their backs. b. concrete. A lining or trimming of fur. Also collective. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > lining > fur fur?a1366 furringc1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋344 Þer is also costlewe furring in here gownes. c1394 P.P. Crede 604 Hem faileþ no furrynge ne cloþes at full. c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Bvv Mony martrikis, beuers, quhitredis and toddis. The furringis and skynnis of thaym ar coft with gret price amang vncouth marchandis. a1577 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1587) 38 Their garments..fret for lack of furring. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. xxiii. 62 He shall have the whole furring of a long gowne..for fourescore or a 100 ducats. c1610 J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1735) 209 He sent me his own Night-Gown furred with rich Furrings. 1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) ii. iii. vi. 416 None might wear Silk or costly furring except Knights & Barons. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. vi. 53 Among the clergy of the lower grade in a cathedral, there was a distinction marked by the furring of the amys. 1886 Sci. Amer. LV. 129/2 A sort of hedgehog with heavy furring and short legs. 2. The process of becoming furred or encrusted; the state of being furred; also, a coating of fur. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of mouth > [noun] > impure matter furring1601 sordes1746 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on metal > scale or fur > furring furring1855 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] > specific impurities > incrustation > on metal > scale or fur pan-scratch1779 limescale1841 scale1875 scurf1884 scurfing1884 furring1885 birdnesting1893 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xx. xiv. 59 With Honie it [Mint] cureth the roughnes & furring of the toung. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 287 The furring of the mouth and the throat in feuors. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. i. 9 Their chief inconvenience arose from the furring up of the small hole through which the water passed. 1885 W. L. Carpenter Treat. Manuf. Soap 212 The lime salts are deposited in an insoluble form, such as the ‘furring’ in a tea-kettle or boiler. 3. a. Shipbuilding. The action or process of double planking a ship's side; also, a piece of timber used for this. Cf. doubling n. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > specific procedures furring1622 ceiling1627 spaling1805 fortifying1820 conversion1850 boot-topping1867 fairing1867 horning1879 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > planking > specific types of furring1622 berthing1706 trebling1856 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxii. 79 Another manner is vsed with double plankes, as thicke without as within, after the manner of furring. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 53 Ripping off the plankes two or three strakes vnder water and as much aboue, and put other Timbers vpon the first, and then put on the planks vpon those Timbers, this..is called Furring. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii 346/2 Another Sheathing is with double Planks..like a Furring. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Furring, doubling planks on a ship. Also, a furring in the ship's side. b. Building. The nailing on of thin strips of board in order to level or raise a surface for lathing, boarding, etc. Also, the strips thus laid on. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > [noun] > other processes framing1440 riving?1440 traversing1524 wedging1678 furring1679 cocking1710 bearding1711 battening1788 rossing1839 thicknessing1870 splining1901 parting off1905 reconditioning1932 stress grading1936 spindle moulding1979 1679 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. ix. Explan. Terms 167 Furrings, the making good of the Rafters Feet in the Cornice. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 146 When Rafters are..sunk hollow in the middle, and pieces (cut thickest in the middle, and to a point at each end) are nail'd upon them to make them straight again; the putting on of those pieces is call'd Furring the Rafters. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 223 Furrings, slips of timber nailed to joists or rafters, in order to bring them to a level. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 977 Furring, the fixing of thin scantlings or laths upon the edges of any number of timbers in a range, when such timbers are out of the surface they were intended to form. 1850 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 5) I. 222 Furrings, or Shreadings,..short pieces attached to the feet of the rafters of a roof. 1883 Harper's Mag. Nov. 884/2 The only combustible material..is the wood used in the floors and their furrings. Categories » c. Building. ‘A lining of scantling and plaster-work on a brick wall, to prevent the dampness of the latter reaching the room’ (Cassell). 4. The business of collecting furs or hunting furred animals; fur-trading. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > hunting animals for fur furring1778 society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in skins or furs skin trade1698 peltry trade1722 fur trade1732 fellmongery1759 furring1778 1778 G. Cartwright Jrnl. (1792) II. 373 I fitted out Joseph Tero for a furring voyage to White-bear River. 1849 Jrnl. Bp. Newfoundland's Voy. 67 Sixty miles within that bay the Hudson's Bay Company have a furring establishment. 1849 Jrnl. Bp. Newfoundland's Voy. 67 The settled inhabitants..are supported by the salmon fishery, by furring, and by killing seals. 1856 W. E. Cormack Narr. Journey Newfoundland (1874) viii. 73 The extent of their salmon and cod fisheries, and of their furring, was noticed when speaking of the occupation collectively of the inhabitants of St. George's Bay. 1920 A. Grenfell & K. Spalding Le Petit Nord (1921) 62 In the winter the northern people move up the bays and go ‘furring’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1386 |
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