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Jul 5th 2013, 01:39, by Equinox

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# To hunt [[game]] with ferrets.

  

# To hunt [[game]] with ferrets.
 

# To [[uncover]] and bring to [[light]] by [[searching]]; usually to ''ferret out''.

  

# To [[uncover]] and bring to [[light]] by [[searching]]; usually to ''ferret out''.
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#* Shakespeare
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#*: Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and '''ferret''' him.
 

#* '''1922''', {{w|Virginia Woolf}}, ''{{w|Jacob's Room}}'' Chapter 1

  

#* '''1922''', {{w|Virginia Woolf}}, ''{{w|Jacob's Room}}'' Chapter 1
 

#*: She '''ferreted''' in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards; then fumbled in her lap, all so vigorously that Charles Steele in the Panama hat suspended his paint-brush.

  

#*: She '''ferreted''' in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards; then fumbled in her lap, all so vigorously that Charles Steele in the Panama hat suspended his paint-brush.

Latest revision as of 01:39, 5 July 2013

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English[edit]

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Wikipedia

Ferrets (Mustela putorius)

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Middle English furet, ferret, from Anglo-Norman firet, furet, diminutive of Old French fuiron ("weasel, ferret"), from Late Latin furo ("cat; robber"), diminutive of Latin fur ("thief").

Noun[edit]

ferret (plural ferrets)

  1. An often domesticated mammal rather like a weasel, descended from the polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
  2. The black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes.
  3. A diligent searcher.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]

the mammal Mustela putorius furo

Verb[edit]

ferret (third-person singular simple present ferrets, present participle ferreting, simple past and past participle ferreted)

  1. To hunt game with ferrets.
  2. To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
    • Shakespeare
      Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
      She ferreted in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards; then fumbled in her lap, all so vigorously that Charles Steele in the Panama hat suspended his paint-brush.

See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Italian fioretto

Noun[edit]

ferret

  1. (dated) A tape of silk, cotton, or ribbon, used to tie documents.
    • Charles Dickens, Bleak House
      red tape and green ferret

Etymology[edit]

From fer +‎ -et.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ferret m (plural ferrets)

  1. (metal) tag; aglet, aiguillette

Verb[edit]

ferret

  1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of ferō
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