feracious (ferashus)

[= Sp. feraz = It. ferace, L. ferax ( feraci- ), fruitful, fertile, Like an oak Nurs'd on feracious Algidum. Thomson, Liberty, iii. feracity (fe-ras'i-ti), n. [ feracitee = Sp. feracidad = Pg . feracidade = It. feracità , feracita (t-) s , ferax ( feraci- ), fruitful: see fer a cio us.] Fruitfulne . [Rare.] Encyc. Brit., I. 176. feod, feodal, feodality, feodary. Le correct spellings, based, like the French feodal, etc., on the le correct Middle Latin forms, feodum, feo dalis, etc., of feud2, feudal2, etc. The English pronunciation (füd, fü'dal, etc.) belongs to the spelling feud, etc. feoff (fef), v. t. [An artificial spelling preserved in law books, in imitation of the Law L. and later OF. forms; the E. pronunciation is that of the reg. E. spelling feff '; Was ther non other broch you liste lete, To feffe with your newe love?