Webster's Dictionary 1913

973

Fern

Fern (?), adv. Long ago. Chaucer.

974

Fern (2)

Fern, a. [AS. fyrn.] Ancient; old. “Pilgrimages to... ferne halwes.”. Chaucer.

975

Fern (3)

Fern (fẽrn), n. [AS. fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn, farnkraut; cf. Skr. parṇa wing, feather, leaf, sort of plant, or Lith. papartis fern.] (Bot.) An order of cryptogamous pla...

976

Fernery

Fern″er‐y (?), n. A place for rearing ferns.

977

Fernticle

Fern″ti‐cle (?), n. A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern.

978

Ferny

Fern″y (?), a. Abounding in ferns.

979

Ferocious

Fe‐ro″cious (?), a. [L. ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. F. féroce. See Ferocity.] Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, ferocious look or features; a fero...

980

Ferocity

Fe‐roc″i‐ty (?), n. [L. ferocitas, fr. ferox, -ocis, fierce, kin to ferus wild: cf. F. ferocité. See Fierce.] Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of count...

981

Feroher

‖Fer‐o″her (?), n.(Archæol.) A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc.

982

Ferous

Fe″rous (?), a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] Wild; savage. Arthur Wilson.

983

Ferrandine

Fer‐ran″dine (? or?), n. [F.; cf. OF. ferrant iron-gray, from L. ferrum iron.] A stuff made of silk and wool.I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys.

984

Ferranti cables

{ Fer‐ran″ti ca″bles (?), Fer‐ran″ti mains″ (?) }. (Elec.) A form of conductor, designed by Ferranti, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of coppe...

985

Ferranti phenomenon

Fer‐ran″ti phe‐nom″e‐non. (Elec.) An increase in the ratio of transformation of an alternating current converter, accompanied by other changes in electrical conditions, occurrin...

986

Ferrara

Fer‐ra″ra (?), n. 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.

987

Ferrarese

Fer′ra‐rese″ (?), a. Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy. — n., sing. & pl. A citizen of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.

988

Ferrary

Fer″ra‐ry (?), n. [L. ferraria iron works. See Ferreous.] The art of working in iron. Chapman.

989

Ferrate

Fer″rate (?), n. [L. ferrum iron.] (Chem.) A salt of ferric acid.

990

Ferre

{ Fer″re (?), Fer″rer (?), a. & adv. } Obs.compar. of Fer.

991

Ferreous

Fer″re‐ous (?), a. [L. ferreus, fr. ferrum iron. Cf. Farrier, Ferrous.] Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron. Sir T. Browne.

992

Ferrest

Fer″rest (?), a. & adv.Obs.superl. of Fer. Chaucer.

993

Ferret

Fer″ret (?), n. [F. furet, cf. LL. furo; prob. fr. L. fur thief (cf. Furtive); cf. Arm. fur wise, sly.] (Zoöl.) An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela orPutorius furo), about f...

994

Ferret (2)

Fer″ret, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Ferreted; p. pr. & vb. n.Ferreting.] [Cf. F. fureter. See Ferret, n.] To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search o...

995

Ferret (3)

Fer″ret, n. [Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F. fleuret. Cf. Floret.] A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; — called also ferreting.

996

Ferret (4)

Fer″ret, n. [F. feret, dim. or fer iron, L. ferrum.] (Glass Making) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths o...

997

Ferret-eye

Fer″ret–eye′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The spur-winged goose; — so called from the red circle around the eyes.

998

Ferreter

Fer″ret‐er (?), n. One who ferrets. Johnson.

999

Ferretto

Fer‐ret″to (?), n. [It. ferretto di Spagna, dim. of ferro iron, fr. L. ferrum.] Copper sulphide, used to color glass. Hebert.