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Fur vs Peltry - What's the difference?

fur | peltry |

As nouns the difference between fur and peltry

is that fur is hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick while peltry is pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.

As a verb fur

is to cover with fur.

As a proper noun Fur

is one of a Nilo-Saharan people of western Sudan.

fur

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Hairy coat of various mammal species, especially: when fine, soft and thick.
  • Hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
  • * Lady M. W. Montagu
    • wrapped up in my furs
  • 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.
  • A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
  • * 2006 , Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?
    • "You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
  • (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
  • (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.

    • Derived terms

    * fur cap * fur coat * fur farm * furless * furrier * furry * fur seal

    Verb

  • To cover with fur.

    • Derived terms

    * furred ----

    peltry

    English

    Noun

    (peltries)
  • Pelts or skins, collectively; skins with the fur on them; furs.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1679-1680, author=Jasper Danckaerts, title=Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=It has gray hair, and the fleece is sometimes sold with other peltries , but it is not worth much, although it has some odor. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1814, author=Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, title=History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. I., chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=We met with a party of three hunters from the Sioux river; they had been out for twelve months, and collected about nine hundred dollars worth of peltries and furs. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1855, author=Herman Melville, title=Israel Potter, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Selling his glittering goods at a great advance, he received in exchange valuable peltries and furs at a corresponding reduction. }}

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