Definition of Feret
Fer"ret (?), n. [F. furet, cf.
LL. furo; prob. fr. L. fur thief (cf. Furtive);
cf. Arm. fur wise, sly.] (Zoöl.) An animal of
the Weasel family (Mustela or Putorius furo), about fourteen
inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It
is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets
are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.
Fer"ret, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Ferreted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ferreting.] [Cf. F. fureter. See Ferret,
n.] To 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; as, to ferret out a
secret.
Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and
ferret him. Shak.
Fer"ret, n. [Ital. foretto, dim.
of fiore flower; or F. fleuret. Cf. Floret.]
A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of
cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
Fer"ret, n. [F. feret, dim. or
fer iron, L. ferrum.] (Glass Making) The
iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and
for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
FERRET. A tradesman who sells goods to youug unthrift
heirs, at excessive rates, and then continually duns them
for the debt. To ferret; to search out or expel any one
from his hiding-place, as a ferret drives out rabbits; also
to cheat. Ferret-eyed; red-eyed: ferrets have red eyes.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A mammal, Mustela putorius furo, rather like a weasel, but which was originally bred from the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits in England.
- To hunt game with ferrets
- To uncover and bring to light by searching;usually to ferret out
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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