feruled

[Eng. ferul (e) (2), s.; -ed ] Fitted or furnished with a ferule. "He has his volunteer bodyguard of fierce patriots, with feruled sticks."-Carlyle. French Revolution, vol. iii., bk. vi., ch. iv. fe-rûl-ic, a. [Lat. ferula (q. v.), and Eng. suff. -ic.] Derived from plants of the genus Ferula. ferulic acid, s. Chem.: C10H1004. An acid existing in asafetida, extracted by precipitating the alcoholic solution with lead acetate, and decomposing the precipitate with dilute sulphuric acid. It can be obtained synthetically by digesting sodium vanillin with sodium acetate and exce of acetic anhydride in an oil bath at 160° for four hours with an inverted condenser, treating the product with water, and di olving the residue with ether; the ether solution is agitated with acid sodium sulphite to precipitate ace to vanillin, and the residue left on evaporating the ether is boiled with alcoholic potash, Ferulic acid is soluble in alcohol, ether, and in hot water; it crystallizes in needles, which melt at 169°. Its aqueous solution is colored yellow-brown by ferric chloride. When fused with caustic potash, it yields salts of acetic and proto-catechuic acids. IMG:content-1570.png:[blocks in formation] 3. Fervent, earnest, ardent, zealous. "The fervid wishes, holy fires." Parnell: Happy Man . *fer-vid-i-ty, s . [Eng. fervid; -ity.] Heat, for vency, fervor, fervidne . fêr'-vid-ly, adv. [Eng. fervid; ly.] In a fervid or fervent manner; fervently, eagerly, ardently, zealously. fer-vid-ne , s. [Eng. fervid; -ne .] Fervency, fervor, ardor, eagerne , zeal, warmth.