vt the strips thus laid on.
2. furring ·vt double planking of a ship's side.
3. furring ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of fur.
4. furring ·vt a deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.
5. furring ·noun the leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. ·see fur, ·vt, 3.