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imp. & p. p.
of Ferret
n.
Copper sulphide, used to color glass.
a.
The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat.
n.
A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
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.
n.
Any one of various species of small carnivores belonging to the genus Putorius, as the ermine and ferret. They have a slender, elongated body, and are noted for the quickness of their movements and for their bloodthirsty habit in destroying poultry, rats, etc. The ermine and some other species are brown in summer, and turn white in winter; others are brown at all seasons.
n.
The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.
n.
A small European carnivore of the Weasel family (Putorius foetidus). Its scent glands secrete a substance of an exceedingly disagreeable odor. Called also fitchet, foulmart, and European ferret.
n.
The Indian ferret.
n.
One who ferrets.
n.
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.
n.
An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / 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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ferret
n.
A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.
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