Part 4248

<h1>Feofor, Feoffer</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw><hw>Feo"for</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Feof"fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>feoour</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.</def>

<h1>Fer</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <def>Far.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Feracious</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*ra"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ferax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, fr. <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Fruitful; producing abudantly.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Feracity</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe*rac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>feracitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being feracious or fruitful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Beattie.</i>

<h1>Fer\'91</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe"r\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[L., wild animals, fem. pl. of <ets>ferus</ets> wild.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.</def>

<-- no pos in original = adv. --> <h1>Fer\'91 natur\'91</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe"r\'91 na*tu"r\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.</def>

<h1>Feral</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ferus</ets>. See <er>Fierce</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.</def> <-- also <col>feral child</col>, not raised by humans -->

<h1>Feral</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fe"ral</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>feralis</ets>, belonging to the dead.]</ety> <def>Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "<i>Feral</i> accidents."

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Ferde</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Ferde</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <mark>obs.</mark> <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Fare</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fer-de-lance</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer`-de-lance"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., the iron of a lance, lance head.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, venomous serpent (<spn>Trigonocephalus lanceolatus</spn><-- now Bothrops atrox-->) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.</def> <-- also in Central America. -->

<h1>Ferding</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer"ding</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Farthing</er>.]</ety> <def>A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ferdness</h1> <Xpage=552>