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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Fe-răc'i-ty, n.p. 505The state of being feracious or fruitful. [Obs.] Beattie.
  2. Fē'ral, a.p. 505Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous. [Rare.] Feral madness committed betwixt men of the same nation. Burton.
  3. Fērd'ness, n.p. 505Fearfulness. [Obs.] Chaucer.
  4. Fēre, n.p. 505A mate or companion; sometimes, a husband or wife. [Obs.] Hath won the laurel quite from all his feres. Spenser.
  5. Fēre, a.p. 505Fierce. [Obs.]
  6. Fēr'e-to-ry, n.p. 505A portable bier or shrine of wood, gold, &c., variously adorned, for containing relics of saints; also, the fixed shrine or tomb in which their bodies are deposited.
  7. Fēr'gū-son'ite, n.p. 505(Min.) An ore, of a brownish-black color, consisting of columbic acid and yttria, with some oxide of cerium and zirconia;—so called after Robert Ferguson.
  8. Fē'ri-al, a.p. 505Pertaining to holidays. Gregory.
  9. Fē'ri-ā'tion, n.p. 505The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work. [Obs.] Browne.
  10. Fē'rie, n.p. 506A holiday. [Obs.] Bullokar.
  11. Fē'ri-er, a., compar.p. 506of fere. “Rhenus ferier than the cataract.” Marston.
  12. Fē'rīne, a.p. 506Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts. Hale.
  13. Fē'rīne, n.p. 506A wild beast; a beast of prey.
  14. Fē'rīne-ly, adv.p. 506In a wild or savage manner. [Obs.]
  15. Fē'rīne-ness, n.p. 506The state of being ferine or wild. [Obs.] Hale.
  16. Fĕr'i-ty, n.p. 506Wildness; savageness; cruelty. [Obs.] Woodward.
  17. Fĕrm, n.p. 506A farm or rent; a place of residence. [Obs.] Out of her fleshly ferm fled to the place of pain. Spenser.
  18. Fēr'ment, n.p. 506That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer. 2. Intestine motion; heat; tumult; agitation. Subdue and cool the ferment of desire. Rogers. The nation is in a ferment. H.…
  19. Fer-mĕnt', v. t.p. 506To cause ferment or fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite to internal emotion; to raise by intestine motion; to heat. While youth ferments the blood. Pope.
  20. Fer-mĕnt', v. i.p. 506To undergo fermentation; to be in motion, or to be excited into sensible internal motion, as the constituent particles of an animal or vegetable fluid; to work; to effervesce. 2. To be active or…
  21. Fer-mĕnt'a-bĭl'i-ty, n.p. 506Capability of being fermented.
  22. Fer-mĕnt'a-ble, a.p. 506Capable of fermentation; thus, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
  23. Fer-mĕnt'al, a.p. 506Having power to cause fermentation; fermentative. [Obs.] Browne.
  24. Fēr′-men-tā′tion, n.p. 506That change of organic substances by which their starch, sugar, gluten, &c., under the influence of water, air, and warmth, are decomposed, usually with evolution of gas and heat, and their elements…
  25. Fer-mĕnt'a-tive, a.p. 506Causing, or consisting in, fermentation; as, fermentative heat or process.
  26. Fer-mĕnt'a-tive-ness, n.p. 506The state of being fermentative.
  27. Fēr'men-tēs'ci-ble, n.p. 506A body that enters into fermentation when in contact with a fermenting or putrescent body.
  28. Fĕr'mil-let, n.p. 506A buckle or clasp. [Obs.] Donne.
  29. Fērn, n.p. 506(Bot.) An order of cryptogamous plants, the Filices, which have their fructification on the back of the fronds or leaves. They are usually found in humid soil, sometimes grow parasitically on trees…
  30. Fērn'er-y, n.p. 506A place for rearing ferns.
  31. Fērn'-owl, n.p. 506(Ornith.) The European goatsucker, or nightjar, a bird of the genus Caprimulgus.
  32. Fērn'ti-ile, n.p. 506A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern. [Prov. Eng.]
  33. Fērn'y, a.p. 506Abounding in fern; overgrown with fern. Barret.
  34. Fe-rō'cioŭs, a.p. 506Fierce; savage; wild; indicating cruelty; ravenous; rapacious; as, a ferocious look or features; a ferocious lion. Syn.—FEROCIOUS, FIERCE, SAVAGE, BARBAROUS. When these words are applied to human…
  35. Fe-rō'ciōŭs-ly, adv.p. 506Fiercely; with savage cruelty.
  36. Fe-rō'ciŏus-ness, n.p. 506The state of being ferocious; savage fierceness; ferocity.
  37. Fe-rō'ci-ty, n.p. 506Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance. “The pride and ferocity of a Highland chief.” Macaulay.
  38. Fē'rōŭs, a.p. 506Wild; savage. Wilson.
  39. Fer-rān'dine, n.p. 506A stuff made of silk and wool. “I did buy a colored silk ferrandine.” Pepys.
  40. Fer-rä'ra, n.p. 506A sword of excellent temper, made of steel from Ferrara, Italy. The kind most prized was manufactured by Andrea di Ferrara; hence such a sword was often called an Andrea Ferrara. W. Scott.
  41. Fēr'ra-rēse', a.p. 506(Geog.) Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy.
  42. Fĕr'ra-rēse', n., sing. & pl.p. 506(Geog.) A native, or naturalized inhabitant, of Ferrara; collectively, the inhabitants of Ferrara.
  43. Fē'r'ra-ry, n.p. 506The art of working in iron. [Obs.] Chapman.
  44. Fē'r're-ous, a.p. 506Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron. Browne.
  45. Fēr'ret, n.p. 506(Zoöl.) An animal of the weasel kind (Mustela or Putorius furo), about 14 inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in…
  46. Fĕr'ret, v. t.p. 506To drive or hunt out of a lurking-place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts;—often used with out. Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, And ferret him. Shak.
  47. Fēr'ret-er, n.p. 506One who ferrets or hunts another in his private retreat.
  48. Fer-rēt'to, n.p. 506Copper calcined with brimstone or white vitriol, used to color glass. Hebert.
  49. Fēr'ri-age, n.p. 506The price or fare to be paid at a ferry; the compensation established or paid for conveyance over a river or lake in a boat.
  50. Fē'r'rie, a.p. 506Pertaining to, or extracted from, iron. Ferric acid (Chem.), an acid consisting of one atom of iron and three atoms of oxygen.
  51. Fēr'ri-er, n.p. 506A ferryman. Calthrop.
  52. Fer-rif'er-ōus, a.p. 506Producing or yielding iron. Phillips.
  53. Fĕr'ro-cy'a-nate, n.p. 506(Chem.) A compound of ferrocyanic acid with a base.
  54. Fēr'ro-cy-ān'ic, a.p. 506(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, iron and cyanogen. Ferro-cyanic acid, proto-cyanide of iron.
  55. Fĕr'ro-cy'a-nīde, n.p. 506(Chem.) A compound of the proto-cyanide of iron with some other cyanide.
  56. Fer-rū'gi-nā'ted, a.p. 506Having the color or properties of the rust of iron.
  57. Fēr'ru-gīn'e-ōūs, a.p. 506Ferruginous.
  58. Fer-rū'gi-nous, a.p. 506Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron. 2. Resembling iron-rust in appearance or color; brownish-red, mixed with gray.
  59. Fer-rū'go, n.p. 506A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from resembling iron-rust in color.
  60. Fĕr'rule, n.p. 506A ring of metal put round a cane, tool-handle, or other thing, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting. 2. (Steam-boilers.) A bushing for expanding the end of a flue.