Dictionary: FER-MENT'A-TIVE-NESS – FER-RO-CY'A-NATE

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FER-MENT'A-TIVE-NESS, n.

The state of being fermentative.

FER-MENT'ED, pp.

Worked; having undergone the process of fermentation.

FER-MENT'ING, ppr.

Working; effervescing.

FER'MIL-LET, n.

A buckle or clasp.

FERN, n. [Sax. fearn; G. farn-kraut; D. vaaren.]

A plant of several species constituting the tribe or family of Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves, or in which the flowers are borne on foot-stalks which overtop the leaves. The stem is the common footstalk or rather the middle rib of the leaves, so that most ferns want the stem altogether. The ferns constitute the first order of cryptogams, in the sexual system. Milne. Encyc.

FERN'-OWL, n.

The goatsucker, a fowl of the genus Caprimulgus; the night jar.

FERN'TI-CLES, n. [plur.]

Freckles on the skin, resembling the seeds of fern. [Not much used.]

FERN'Y, a.

Abounding or overgrown with fern. Barret.

FE-RO'CIOUS, a. [Fr. feroce; Sp. feroz; It. feroce; L. ferox; allied to ferus, wild, fera, a wild animal.]

  1. Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; as, a ferocious look, countenance or features.
  2. Ravenous; rapacious; as, a ferocious lion.
  3. Fierce; barbarous; cruel; as, ferocious savages.

FE-RO'CIOUS-LY, adv.

Fiercely; with savage cruelty.

FE-RO'CIOUS-NESS, n.

Savage fierceness; cruelty; ferocity.

FE-ROC'I-TY, n. [L. ferocitas.]

  1. Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, the ferocity of barbarians.
  2. Fierceness indicating a savage heart; as, ferocity of countenance.

FER'RE-OUS, a. [L. ferreus, from ferrum, iron, Fr. fer, Sp. hierro, from the Celtic; W. fer, solid; feru, to concrete.]

Partaking of iron; pertaining to iron; like iron; made of iron. Brown

FER'RET, n. [D. vret; Fr. furet; G. frett, or frettchen, or frettwiesel; W. fured; Ir. firead; Sp. huron; It. furetto. Fur in W. is subtil, penetrating, cunning.]

  1. An animal of the genus Mustela, or Weasel kind, about inches in length, of a pale yellow color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been introduced into Europe. It can not however bear cold, and can not subsist even in France, except in a domestic state. Ferrets are used to catch rabbits. Encyc.
  2. A kind of narrow woolen tape.
  3. Among glass makers, the iron used to try the melted matter, to see if it is fit to work, and to make the rings at the mouths of bottles. Encyc.

FER'RET, v.t.

To drive out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony. Johnson. Heylin.

FER'RET-ED, pp.

Driven from a burrow or lurking place.

FER'RET-ER, n.

One that hunts another in his private retreat.

FER'RET-ING, ppr.

Driving from a lurking place.

FER'RI-AGE, n. [See Ferry.]

The price or fare to be paid at a ferry; the compensation established or paid for conveyance over a river or lake in a boat.

FER'RIC, a.

Pertaining to or extracted from iron. Lavoisier.

FER-RI-CAL'CITE, n. [L. ferrum, iron, and calx, lime.]

A species of calcarious earth or limestone combined with a large portion of iron, from 7 to 14 per cent. Kirwan.

FER'RI-ED, pp.

Carried over in a boat.

FER-RI'FER-OUS, a. [L. ferrum and fero.]

Producing or yielding iron. Phillips.

FER'RI-LITE, n. [L. ferrum, iron, and Gr. λιθος, a stone.]

Rowley ragg; a variety of trap, containing iron in the state of oxyd. Kirwan.

FER-RO-CY'A-NATE, n.

A compound of the ferro-cyanic acid with a base.