Definition for FIR

FIR, n. [W. pyr, what shoots to a point, a fir-tree; Sax. furh-wudu, fir-wood; G. föhre; Sw. furu-trä; Dan. fyrre-træe. The Dutch call it sparre-boom, spar-tree.]

The name of several species of the genus Pinus; as, the Scotch fir, the silver fir, spruce fir, hemlock fir, and oriental fir.

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