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<hw>Ferd"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>ferd</ets> fear. See <er>Fear</er>.]</ety> <def>Fearfulness.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fere</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fere</ets> companion, AS. <ets>gef&emac;ra</ets>, from <ets>f&emac;ran</ets> to go, travel, <ets>faran</ets> to travel. &root;78. See <er>Fare</er>.]</ety> <def>A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <altsp>[Written also <asp>fear</asp> and <asp>feere</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>And Cambel took Cambrina to his <b>fere</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>In fere</col>, <cd>together; in company. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fere</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fere</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>ferus</ets> wild.]</ety> <def>Fierce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Fere</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fere</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fire</er>.]</ety> <def>Fire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fere</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fere</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fear</er>.]</ety> <def>Fear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Fere</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fere</hw>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <def>To fear.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Feretory</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer`e*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>feretrum</ets> bier, Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to bear, akin to L. <ets>ferre</ets>, E. <ets>bear</ets> to support.]</ety> <def>A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints.</def>

<i>Mollett.</i>

<h1>Ferforth</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer"forth`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Far forth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>As ferforth as</col>, <cd>as far as.</cd> -- <col>So ferforth</col>, <cd>to such a degree.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ferforthly</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer"forth`ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Ferforth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>