Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FER'RE-OUS
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
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