furryn.2
/ˈfʌri/, U.S. /ˈfəri/ dialect.
A festival observed at Helston, Cornwall, on the eighth of May; also, a peculiar dance used on that occasion. (The W. Cornwall Gloss. gives faddy and flora as synonyms.) Also attributive.
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society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > specific Cornish festivity
flora1790
furry1790
furry day1928
society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun]
dance of Macabre?c1430
springc1450
lege de moya1529
bobc1550
lusty gallant1569
duret1613
fading1613
huckler1617
ground-measure1621
entry1631
slatter de pouchc1640
ballo1651
Irish trot1651
omnium gatheruma1652
clutterdepouch1652
upspring1654
passacaglia1659
shuffle1659
passacaille1667
flip-flap1676
chaconne1685
charmer1702
Cheshire-round1706
Louvre1729
stick dance1730
white joke1730
baby dance1744
Nancy Dawson1766
fricassee1775
bumpkin1785
Totentanz1789
Flora('s) dance1790
goombay1790
egg-dance1801
supper dance1820
Congo dance1823
slip-jig1829
bran-dance1833
roly-poly1833
Congo1835
mazy1841
furry1848
bull-dance1855
stampede1856
double-shuffling1859
frog dance1863
hokee-pokee1873
plait dance1876
slow dancing1884
snake dance1895
beast dance1900
soft-shoe1900
cakewalk1902
floral dance1911
snake dance1911
apache dance1912
grizzly bear1912
jazz dance1917
jazz dancing1917
jazz1919
wine-dance1920
camel-walk1921
furry dance1928
snake-dance1931
pas d'action1936
trance dancing1956
touch dance1965
hokey-cokey1966
moonwalk1969
moonwalking1983
Crip Walk1989
mapantsula1990
1790 in Gentleman's Mag. 60 i. 520 At Helstone..it is customary to dedicate the 8th of May to revelry..It is called the Furry~day.
1848 C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 225 A large party of ladies and gentlemen..commence a peculiar kind of dance, called ‘the furry’.
1872 C. Hardwick Trad., Superstitions, & Folk-lore 87 A spring festival..annually celebrated at Helston..named the ‘Furry’, or gathering.
Draft additions 1993
Also attributive, esp. as furry dance, furry day.
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society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > other dances > [noun]
dance of Macabre?c1430
springc1450
lege de moya1529
bobc1550
lusty gallant1569
duret1613
fading1613
huckler1617
ground-measure1621
entry1631
slatter de pouchc1640
ballo1651
Irish trot1651
omnium gatheruma1652
clutterdepouch1652
upspring1654
passacaglia1659
shuffle1659
passacaille1667
flip-flap1676
chaconne1685
charmer1702
Cheshire-round1706
Louvre1729
stick dance1730
white joke1730
baby dance1744
Nancy Dawson1766
fricassee1775
bumpkin1785
Totentanz1789
Flora('s) dance1790
goombay1790
egg-dance1801
supper dance1820
Congo dance1823
slip-jig1829
bran-dance1833
roly-poly1833
Congo1835
mazy1841
furry1848
bull-dance1855
stampede1856
double-shuffling1859
frog dance1863
hokee-pokee1873
plait dance1876
slow dancing1884
snake dance1895
beast dance1900
soft-shoe1900
cakewalk1902
floral dance1911
snake dance1911
apache dance1912
grizzly bear1912
jazz dance1917
jazz dancing1917
jazz1919
wine-dance1920
camel-walk1921
furry dance1928
snake-dance1931
pas d'action1936
trance dancing1956
touch dance1965
hokey-cokey1966
moonwalk1969
moonwalking1983
Crip Walk1989
mapantsula1990
society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > specific Cornish festivity
flora1790
furry1790
furry day1928
1928 Radio Times 20 Jan. 110/1 The next tune to appear is that of the Helston Furry Dance.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XI. 413/1 May 8 is Furry (Flora) day, an old festival when church bells are rung early in the morning and processions dance..to traditional music.
1973 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 15 July 11/2 Over the hundreds of years, three names have been in use to denote the Furry Dance. They are Flora, Furry and Faddy.
1988 Country Walking May 31/2 If you..happened to be in Helston on the 8th of May then you might be invited to join in the Furry Dance.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
furryadj.n.1
/ˈfəːri/, U.S. /ˈfəri/ A. adj.figurative.1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 June 11 He is one of those sleek ‘furry’ little men who are met with in all close religious communities.
1. Of or composed of fur; consisting of furs.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [adjective] > made of or covered in furs
furrya1674
well-furred1879
a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) ii. 27 The Furrs which cloath them; the furry side in Summer outward.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 40 Euryclea spreads With furry spoils of beasts the splendid beds.
1881 R. Routledge Pop. Hist. Sci. i. 1 Man is even unprotected from the vicissitudes of the seasons by the furry coat which covers the beasts of the field.
2. Of animals: Covered with fur; furred.
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the world > animals > mammals > [adjective] > of parts of > having coat of specific kind > having fur
furred?1542
furry1687
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 75 The time..When all her furry sons in frequent Senate met.
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X xxvi. 66 Bear-skins black and furry.
1873 G. C. Davies Mountain, Meadow & Mere viii. 59 A furry little water-rat swimming along by the edge of the bank.
3. Of persons: Wearing fur, clad in furs.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing specific material
woolwardc1315
under line (occasionally in line)c1330
fox-furred1592
furred1592
tuftaffeta1598
tissued?16..
satin1603
silk1603
russet1604
tuftaffety1612
plush1615
sericated1623
sheepskinned1628
silken1640
lawny1647
plushed1650
satined1652
harden1654
sackclotheda1656
bearskinned1694
well-furred?1707
furry1717
brocaded1767
flannelled1784
lawned1798
buckskinned1829
corduroyed1832
silked1837
silkened1841
friezy1849
fustianed1849
velveted1850
buffed1863
buckramed1880
craped1880
crapy1891
velveteened1896
mohaired1914
tweeded1921
tweedy1923
leather1961
1717 E. Fenton Poems 220 From Volga's Banks, th' imperious Czar Leads forth his Furry Troops to War.
4.
a. Made of fur, lined or trimmed with fur.
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1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. vi. 174 His..furrey cloak..showed that he was no common man.
1872 W. C. Bryant Little People in Poems 97 With ample furry robe Close-belted round her waist.
b. transferred and figurative.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials
warm?c1225
furredc1325
russet1390
imperial purple1577
furry1691
kidden1714
Shetland1790
pepper-and-salt1792
dreadnought1798
cilice1812
moleskin1836
nainsook1852
lingeriea1865
pepper-salt1882
Milanese1897
ramie1906
pinstripe1935
stranded1935
Day-Glo1949
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > lining > types of
furredc1325
singlea1450
i-peluredc1460
furry1691
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > ornamented or trimmed > with fur
furredc1325
peluredc1400
well-furredc1440
furry1691
1691 J. Dryden King Arthur iii. i. 31 Awake, awake, And winter from thy Furry Mantle shake.
1716 N. Rowe Ode for New Year 1717 i Winter! thou hoary, venerable Sire, All richly in thy furry Mantle clad.
1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xlvi. 591 We wrap ourselves up in a sort of furry contentment.
5. Resembling fur, fur-like, soft.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [adjective] > soft and fluffy
mossy1561
downy1578
mosy1578
thrummy1597
cotton wool1648
cottonary1658
cottonous1664
cottony1664
tozy1706
flewsey1712
fuzzy1713
furzy1720
floscular1822
fuffy1824
fluffy1825
flossy1845
flocculent1870
furry1876
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. xv. 148 An open space..floored at the bottom with..cushions of furry moss.
6. Of the nature of, or coated with, fur or morbid matter.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > incrusted, scaled, or furred
tartarous1655
furry1739
verdigrised1831
scurfy1849
furred1873
1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 222 Laughter misbecomes Foul furry Teeth.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney III. i. 31 Two foggy decanters, half full of the remnants of yesterday's libation, with a sort of furry rim just over the surface.
1856 C. Canning in A. J. C. Hare Story Two Noble Lives (1893) II. 89 One's shoes get furry with mildew in a day.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ii. 624 Yellowish furry coating [of the tongue].
A hairy caterpillar. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Lepidoptera or butterflies and moths > [noun] > larva > hairy
woubit1483
palmer1538
bear worm1577
furry1598
tailor-fly1682
woolly boy1805
tailor1816
woolly bear1863
miller1883
woolly worm1909
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Millepiedi, a worme having manie feete, called a furrie or a palmer.
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Originally and chiefly U.S.
a. Any fur-bearing animal.
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1945 Chicago Sunday Tribune 14 Oct. iii. 4/1 250 ‘furries’ entered. About 250 rabbits and their owners gathered recently for a one day show.
1977 K. E. Woodwiss Shanna 341 The small, red-eyed furries grew bolder... A rat scurried towards her.
2008 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 12 Jan. 19 Small furries, such as rabbits and hamsters, often require special care during the winter.
b. slang. Also with capital initial. An enthusiast for anthropomorphic animal characters, esp. a person who dresses up in costume as such a character or uses one as an avatar in a computer-generated environment. For some enthusiasts, this interest has a sexual dimension.
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1989 Thank-yous & Goodbyes in alt.callahans (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Dec. Furries have many different ways to relate to their furrypersonas.
1994 LAN Computing (Nexis) Jan. 46 Furries seem hornier than most denizens of cyberspace.
1999 Wired Feb. 72/1 Furries..idolize animals to such a degree that they choose to adopt feral identities.
2008 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 10 July al2 Become a Furry, where everyone is equally attractive because they all have three pounds of faux fur and papier mache over their face.
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ˈfurriness n. the quality or state of being furry; also transferred.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > types of softness > [noun] > softness and downiness or fluffiness
mosiness1538
toziness1727
downiness1797
fluffiness1860
fuzziness1874
flocculency1881
furriness1900
fleeciness1933
1900 Westm. Gaz. 18 Oct. 3/1 The fluffy effect of the marabout and chiffon and the soft furriness of the zibeline made a cloak enviably soft, luxurious, and light.
1919 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. (1920) I. i. iii. 13/2 Then on the cold side this species will still be going on to its utmost possible furriness and whiteness.
1989 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Jan. 51/3 Hobhouse's thought has a characteristic furriness that makes him the ideal philosophical standard-bearer for Neil Kinnock and Roy Hattersley.
Draft additions December 2004
furry dice n. chiefly British = fluffy dice n. at fluffy adj. Additions.
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1962 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 21 Apr. 3 (headline) Foxtails, furry dice are out, drivers warned.
1982 Times 15 Jan. (Preview section) p. xv/3 Its respectably bland image cannot disguise a more louche reputation as ‘the motor’ of the aging Teddy Boy..complete with furry dice in the window.
1995 Guardian (Nexis) 9 June t18 The ultimate in Ford Cortina and furry dice naffness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† furryv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To quarter (soldiers).
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > quarter (troops) [verb (transitive)]
furry1579
quarter1588
billet1599
cantonize1626
enquarter1642
canton1700
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 89 The armie being furried in many partes of the realme..liued in such vnbrideled incontinencie [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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v.1579- to keep an opponency
- to keep any one's counsel
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- to keep at it
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