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Ades, Thomas (sh) and fur(1) (iou)


Ades, Thomas (sh)




born March 1, 1971, London, Eng.

British composer.

Trained as a pianist at the Guildhall School, he later attended King's College, Cambridge. Initial recognition came for his virtuoso piano playing, but he started to write Music in 1990 (Five Eliot Landscapes) and was instantly acclaimed as a major composer for his inventiveness and remarkably assured technique. His controversial opera Powder Her Face (1995), about a 20th-century Divorce scandal, attracted international attention, as did his large symphonic work Asyla (1997).


fur(1) (iou)



fur noun1 & adjective. ME.
[from FUR verb.]
A. noun.
The dressed coat of any of various animals, or fabric imitating this (now freq. in pl.); a trimming, lining, or garment made of this; esp. a piece of fur worn around the neck. ME.
W. Holtby Muffled in furs to the nose, she did not feel cold.
b. Fur worn as a mark of office or state, or as a badge of certain degrees. M17.
The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals as distinct from the longer coarser hair. LME.
make the fur fly (orig. US slang) make a disturbance, stir up trouble.
Longfellow Cold would the winter be, for thick was the fur of the foxes. P. H. Johnson The cat..jumped down, leaving..clouds of fur upon her skirt.
b. In pl. Animal skins with the fur on them. M16.
W. Irving Mr. Clarke..packed all his furs on twenty-eight horses.
c. collect. Furred animals. E19.
fur and feather game animals and birds.
Heraldry. A tincture representing animal skins or portions of skins as if sewn together. M16.
Something resembling fur or adhering to a surface like fur; esp. (a) a coating formed on the tongue in ill Health; (b) the deposit formed by hard water in a kettle, pipe, etc. L17.
Dickens Empty Wine bottles with fur and fungus choking up their throats. S. O'Faolain The fur of mildew and green damp.
Comb.: fur seal any of several eared seals constituting the genera Arctocephalus and Callorhinus, with thick fur on the underside (the source of sealskin for garments).
b. attrib. or as adjective. Made of fur. ME.
A. Sillitoe Her brown coat with its fur collar.
furless adjective M19.