Part 4251

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Ferly</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>f<?/rlic</ets> sudden, unexpected. See <er>Fear</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Singular; wonderful; extraordinary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A wonder; a marvel.</def></def2> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Who hearkened ever such a <b>ferly</b> thing. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fermacy</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer"ma*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. See <er>Pharmacy</er>.]</ety> <def>Medicine; pharmacy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ferm, Ferme</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw><hw>Ferm</hw>, <hw>Ferme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><hw><ety>[See <er>Farm</er>.]</ety> <def>Rent for a farm; a farm; also, an abode; a place of residence; <as>as, he let his land to <ex>ferm</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Out of her fleshy <b>ferme</b> fled to the place of pain. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ferment</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>fermentum</ets> ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for <ets>fervimentum</ets>, fr. <ets>fervere</ets> to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. <ets>ferment</ets>. Cf. 1st <er>Barm</er>, <er>Fervent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.</def>

<note>&hand; Ferments are of two kinds: (<stype>a</stype>) Formed or organized ferments. (<stype>b</stype>) Unorganized or structureless ferments. The latter are also called <stype>soluble &or; chemical ferments</stype>, and <stype>enzymes</stype>. Ferments of the first class are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms, and the fermentations which they engender are due to their growth and development; as, the <stype>acetic ferment</stype>, the <stype>butyric ferment</stype>, etc. See <er>Fermentation</er>. Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and precipitated by alcohol. In action they are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good examples are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and disease of malt. <-- by 1960 the term "ferment" to mean "enzyme" fell out of use. Enzymes are now known to be <er>globular protein</er>s, capable of catalyzing a wide variety of chemical reactions, not merely hydrolytic. The full set of enzymes causing production of ethyl alcohol from sugar has been identified and individually purified and studied. See <er>enzyme</er> --></note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation.</def>

<blockquote>Subdue and cool the <b>ferment</b> of desire. <i>Rogers.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>the nation is in a <b>ferment</b>. <i>Walpole.</i></blockquote> <-- <col>in a ferment</col> <cd>in a state of agitation, applied to human groups.</cd> -->

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Down to the lowest lees the <b>ferment</b> ran. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>ferment oils</col>, <cd>volatile oils produced by the fermentation of plants, and not originally contained in them. These were the <i>quintessences<i> of the alchenists.</cd></cs>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Ferment</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer*ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fermented</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fermenting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>fermentare</ets>, <ets>fermentatum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>fermenter</ets>. See <er>Ferment</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.</def>

<blockquote>Ye vigorous swains! while youth <b>ferments</b> your blood. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ferment</h1> <Xpage=552>

<hw>Fer*ment"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent oarticles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be agitated or excited by violent emotions.</def>

<blockquote>But finding no redress, <b>ferment</b> an rage. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The intellect of the age was a <b>fermenting</b> intellect. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>