Fur
the coated skins of wild animals, especially of those of high N. latitudes; such as the wolf, bear, beaver, etc. For wearing, the hair or fur is cleansed, and the skin is generally slightly tanned. The most valuable furs, such as ermine and sable, come chiefly from Russia. When FURIES unprepared, or merely dried, the skins go under the name of peltry.
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FURIES (Latin Furia), in classical mythology, the three daughters of Nox ful, with or without serpents twining also called the Eumenides. Sometimes they were represented young and beautiful, with or without serpents twining about their heads.
These avenging deities of the ancients were called Alecto, Megara, and Tisiphone, to which some add Nemesis. They were supposed to be the ministers of the gods. Their sphere souls, and on the earth, to rack the guilty infernal regions, to punish con souls, and on the earth, to rack the guilty The most usual mode of conscience. condemned typifying the Furies was by giving them a frightful aspect, with a burning torch in one hand and a whip of scorpions in the other, and always attended by Terror, Paleness, Rage, and Death.