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[ ernable, ferox ( feroc- ), cire, be fierce, be ungovernable, Nothing so soon tames the madne e of people as their own fiercene and extravagancy: which at length, as S. Cyprian observes, tires them by taking away their breath, and vainly exhausting their ferocient spirits. Bp . Gauden , Tears of the Church, p. 142. ferocious (fē-rō'shus), a . [ ferox ( feroc- ), wild, bold, savage, fierce, fer us , wild, savage, fierce (see fierce ), + -ous .] 8. ] 1. Of a fierce or cruel nature; savage; wild; rapacious: as, a ferocious disposition; ferocious savages; a fe rocious lion. The room speedily became crammed to suffocation by Turcomans, whose curiosity was little short of ferocious . O'Donovan, Merv, xv. 2. Indicating or expre ive of ferocity: as, a ferocious look. Slow rose a form, in majesty of mud; Shaking the horrors of his sable brows, And each ferocious feature grim with ooze. Pope, Dunciad, ii. 328. 2. In entom.: ( a ) A genus of adephagous beetles, of the family Carabid a, or giving name to the Feroniida. It is synonymous in part with Pacilus of Bonelli, in part with Molops of the same author. Latreille, 1817. (b) A genus of dipterous insects. W. E. Leach, 1817. [Obsolete.] Feroniidæt (fer-ō-ni'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-1236.png:[blocks in formation] And in this he had a special aim, and hope also, to establish Christian laws among infidels; and, by domestical, to chace away those ferous and indomitable creatures that infested the land. Wilson, James I. -ferous. [ =Syn. 1. Untamed, cruel, fell, ruthle , relentle , pit i- fer (also - fer us ), m., -fer a, f., -ferum, neut.): as, le , mercile , brutal, inhuman, sanguinary, bloody, fu rio us. ferociously (fē-rō'shus-li), adv . In a fierce man- ner; fiercely; with ferocity or savage cruelty. ferociousne (fē-rō'shus-nes), n. The quality of being ferocious; savage fiercene ; cruelty; ferocity. It [Christianity] has abated the ferociousne of war. H. Blair , Works, I. vi. 2. Distant; remote; far off. Renon pa ynge to ferne poeples. rocitat = Sp. ferocidad = Pg. ferocidade = It. ferocità, But for they han iknowen it so fern . Chaucer , Squire's Tale, 1. 248. fernery (fer'ne-ri), n.; pl. ferneries (-riz). [ An uncommon ferocity in my countenance, with the remarkable flatne of my nose, and extent of my mouth, have procured me the name of lion. Add is on , Guardian. The atrocious opinions that were prevalent concerning the guilt of heresy produced in many minds an extreme and most active ferocity. Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 198. IMG:content-1237.png:[blocks in formation] The Lords... fell to consult and debate if the said act, prohibiting all clothes made of silk stuffs to be worn by any except the privileged persons, reached to far an Fountain hall, Decisions, Supp., p. 2. dains; are part silk, part hair. Ferrara, n. See Andrea Ferrara. Ferrarese (fer-ä-res' or -rēz'), a. and n. [ Little known Ferrarese painters. Quarterly Rev., CXLV. 119. II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Ferrara. ferraryt (fer'a-ri), n. [L. ferrari a , an iron mine, iron-works, fem. of ferrari us , of iron: see farrier, farriery.] The art of working in iron; iron-working. And thus resolv'd to Lemnos she doth hie, Where Vulcan workes in heavenly ferrarie . Heywood , Troja Britannica, 1. 1609. ferrate (fer'āt), n. [