Fur vs. Scum
Fur vs. Scum
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Fur
Term AThe hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
A thick pile of fabric.
The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
(heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
Pubic hair.
Sexual attractiveness.
(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
To level a surface by applying furring to it.
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The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.
The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.
Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.
Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).
Example: ‘Wrapped up in my furs.’;
Any coating considered as resembling fur
One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.
Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.
To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.
To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.
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.
the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
dense coat of fine silky hairs on mammals (e.g., cat or seal or weasel)
a garment made of fur
a member of a Muslim people of the mountainous and desert regions of south-western Sudan.
the language of the Fur, an isolated member of the Nilo-Saharan family, with about 500,000 speakers.
coat or clog with a deposit
Example: ‘the stuff that furs up coronary arteries’;
covered with or made from a particular type of fur
Example: ‘the black-furred rabbit’;
level (floor or wall timbers) by inserting strips of wood
Example: ‘the drain could be concealed by furring out the original wall’;
relating to the Fur or their language.
Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of many different animals, particularly mammals. It consists of a combination of oily guard hair on top and thick underfur beneath.
Scum
Term B(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
Example: ‘During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter.’;
(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
Example: ‘These organisms form scum in large quantities.’;
The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
semen
A reprehensible person or persons.
Example: ‘People who sell used-up pens are scum, just total low-lives.’;
To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
To remove (something) as scum.
To become covered with scum.
(obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).
(obsolete) To gather together, as scum.
To startscum or savescum.
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
Example: ‘Some to remove the scum as it did rise.’;
refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
Example: ‘The great and innocent are insulted by the scum and refuse of the people.’;
To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
Example: ‘You that scum the molten lead.’;
To sweep or range over the surface of.
Example: ‘Wandering up and down without certain seat, they lived by scumming those seas and shores as pirates.’;
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
Example: ‘Life, and the interest of life, have stagnated and scummed over.’;
worthless people
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
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