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<hw>Fe"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ferus</ets>. See <er>Fierce</er>.]</ety> <def>Wild; savage.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Arthur Wilson.</i>

<h1>-ferous</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>-fer*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>-fer</ets>. fr. ferre to bear. See <er>Bear</er> to support.]</ety> <def>A suffix signifying <i>bearing</i>, <i>producing</i>, <i>yielding</i>; <as>as, auri<ex>ferous</ex>, yielding gold; chyli<ex>ferous</ex>, producing chyle.</as></def>

<h1>Ferrandine</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer*ran"dine</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.; cf. OF. <ets>ferrant</ets> iron-gray, from L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.]</ety> <def>A stuff made of silk and wool.</def>

<blockquote>I did buy a colored silk <b>ferrandine</b>. <i>Pepys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ferrara</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer*ra"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.</def>

<h1>Ferrarese</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer`ra*rese"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy.</def> -- <def2><tt>n., sing. & pl.</tt> <def>A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.</def></def2>

<h1>Ferrary</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"ra*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ferraria</ets> iron works. See <er>Ferreous</er>.]</ety> <def>The art of working in iron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chapman.</i>

<h1>Ferrate</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of ferric acid.</def>

<h1>Ferre, Ferrer</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw><hw>Fer"re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fer"rer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt><hw> <mark>Obs.</mark> <def><tt>compar.</tt> of <er>Fer</er>.</def>

<h1>Ferreous</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"re*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ferreus</ets>, fr. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron. Cf. <er>Farrier</er>, <er>Ferrous</er>.]</ety> <def>Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Ferrest</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"rest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. & adv.</tt> <mark>Obs.</mark> <def><tt>superl.</tt> of <er>Fer</er>.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ferret</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>furet</ets>, cf. LL. <ets>furo</ets>; prob. fr. L. <ets>fur</ets> thief (cf. <er>Furtive</er>); cf. Arm. <ets>fur</ets> wise, sly.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An animal of the Weasel family (<spn>Mustela &or; Putorius furo</spn>), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.</def>

<h1>Ferret</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"ret</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ferreted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ferreting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fureter</ets>. See <er>Ferret</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with <i>out</i>; <as>as, to <ex>ferret</ex> out a secret</as>.</def>