fur v DC ~ Nfld (1799-) for sense 1.
   1 To hunt seals for their fur pelts; esp to trap fur-bearing land animals.
   [1698] 1975 ANDREWS [2] The number of boats that are Furring this winter is 20. 1792 PULLING MS Aug He furred at two brooks called the Northern and Peter's Brooks (that is he placed traps on and near both those brooks last winter to catch the beaver, foxes etc that frequented those parts.) [1849] [FEILD] 60 Two Englishmen are also with them this summer fishing, as sharemen; in the winter they go afurring. 1881 Nineteenth Century ix, p. 92 Fur was pretty plentiful in those days, and a man could make a good income out of a couple of months' hard work, furring in the fall. 1907 MILLAIS 53 I was in furrin' (trapping) wi' him. 1933 MERRICK 71 He used to fur the path that cuts in over the hills from Grand Lake, near Cotter's Point, some twelve miles from North West River. T 203/5-65 He was furrin' in on that country. C 70-15 Although he was a logger he also did some hunting and furring as a sideline.
   2 Phr fur together: to share a trapping area with another.
   1916 GRENFELL 11 These two men were furring together—that is, they shared the same fur path and halved all they caught. 1925 Dial Notes v, 331 ~ Share the same fur path.

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