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fir1 definition

fir (fʉr)

noun

  1. any of a genus (Abies) of cone-bearing evergreen trees of the pine family, having flattened needles and upright cones whose scales fall off at maturity
  2. any of various other coniferous trees, as the Douglas fir
  3. the wood of any of these trees

Etymology: ME firre < OE fyrh, akin to Ger föhre < IE base *perkwus, name of the tree, oak > L quercus, oak

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fir2 definition

fir

firkin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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