v. [f. BE- + FUR v. and sb.] Chiefly in pa. pple.

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  † 1.  To fur over, encrust. Obs.

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1581.  T. Newton, Seneca’s Thebais, 49 b. What rauenous Harpye Burd … all with filth, and dirty dung befurde.

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  2.  To cover or deck out with furs.

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1859.  Helps, Friends in C., Ser. II. II. ix. 199. Those clattering, befurred … gentry called soldiers.

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1864.  Daily Tel., 12 March, 5/2. The pleasant mingling of the French civic uniforms—from which our grotesquely befurred Aldermanic body and Common Council might take an advantageous hint.

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