Part 4255

<blockquote>Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and <b>ferret</b> him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Fer"ret</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ital. <ets>foretto</ets>, dim. of <ets>fiore</ets> flower; or F. <ets>fleuret</ets>. Cf. <er>Floret</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also <altname>ferreting</altname>.</def>

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

<hw>Fer"ret</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>feret</ets>, dim. or <ets>fer</ets> iron, L. <ets>ferrum</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Glass Making)</fld> <def>The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.</def>

<h1>Ferreter</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"ret*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who ferrets.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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

<hw>Fer"ret-eye`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.</def>

<h1>Ferretto</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer*ret"to</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>ferretto</ets> di Spagna, dim. of <ets>ferro</ets> iron, fr. L. <ets>ferrum</ets>.]</ety> <def>Copper sulphide, used to color glass.</def>

<i>Hebert.</i>

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

<hw>Fer"ri-</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A combining form indicating <i>ferric iron</i> as an ingredient; <as>as, <ex>ferri</ex>cyanide</as>.</def>

<h1>Ferriage</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"ri*age</hw> <tt>(?; 48)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Ferry</er>.]</ety> <def>The price or fare to be paid for passage at a ferry.</def>

<h1>Ferric</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ferrum</ets> iron: cf. F. <ets>ferrique</ets>. See <er>Ferrous</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron. Specifically <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, denoting those compounds in which iron has a higher valence than in the <i>ferrous</i> compounds; <as>as, <ex>ferric</ex> oxide; <ex>ferric</ex> acid.</as></def>

<cs><col>Ferric acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>an acid, <chform>H2FeO4</chform>, which is not known in the free state, but forms definite salts, analogous to the chromates and sulphates.</cd> -- <col>Ferric oxide</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>sesquioxide of iron, <chform>Fe2O3</chform>; hematite. See <er>Hematite</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ferricyanat</</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer`ri*cy"a*nat<?/</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>cyanate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of ferricyanic acid; a ferricyanide.</def>

<h1>Ferricyanic</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer`ri*cy*an"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>cyanic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or derived from, a ferricyanide.</def>

<cs><col>Ferricyanic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a brown crystalline substance, <chform>H6(CN)12Fe2</chform>, obtained from potassium ferricyanide, and regarded as the type of the ferricyanides; -- called also <altname>hydro-ferricyanic acid</altname>, <altname>hydrogen ferricyanide</altname>, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ferricyanide</h1> <Xpage=553>

<hw>Fer`ri*cy"a*nide</hw> <tt>(?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Ferri-</ets> + <ets>cyanide</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.</def>

<cs><col>Potassium ferricyanide</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>red prussiate of potash; a dark, red, crystalline salt, <chform>K6(CN)12Fe2</chform>, consisting of the double cyanide of potassium and ferric iron. From it is derived the ferrous ferricyanate, <i>Turnbull's blue<i>.</cd></cs>