ferrel (ferel)

See ferrule2. ferreous (fer'ē-us), a. [= Sp. Pg. It. ferreo, A weak and inanimate kind of loadstone, veyned here and there with a few magnetical and ferreous lines. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., ii. 3. 2186 other vermin or small game living in holes, into which its lithe, slender, and sinuous body readily enters. The ferret is also called Put or i us furo, and is by some considered a species; it is now known only as a domesticated animal. It is a near relative of the stoat or ermine and the weasel, as well as of the polecat. See these words, and Mustelidæ, Put or i us. As from the Berries in the Winter's night The Keeper drawes his Ferret (flesht to bite). Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Decay. ferropru iate