Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FE'RINE
FE'RINE, a. [L. ferinus, from ferus, wild, probably from the root of Sax. faran, to go, to wander, or a verb of the same family.]
Wild; untamed; savage. Lions, tigers, wolves and bears are ferine beasts. Hale.
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