WordNet Dictionary- [n] strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
- [n] a furlike coating of matter as on the tongue
Webster's 1913 Dictionary\Fur"ring\, 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.
2. (Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.
3. A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also,
the operation of cleaning away this deposit.