Feod"a*to*ry (?), n. See Feudatory.
Feoff (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed (#); p. pr. & vb. n..
Feoffing.] [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief;
cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law) To invest with a fee or
feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
Feoff, n. (Law) A fief. See Fief.
Feof*fee" (?; 277), n. [OF. feoffÈ.] (Law) The person to whom a
feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.
Feoff"ment (?), n. [OF. feoffement, fieffement; cf. LL. feoffamentum.]
(Law) (a) The grant of a feud or fee. (b) (Eng. Law) A gift or
conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied
by actual delivery of possession. Burrill.
(c) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are
conveyed. [Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng.]
{ Feo"for (?), Feof"fer (?) }, n. [OF. feoour.] (Law) One who enfeoffs
or grants a fee.
Fer (?), a. & adv. Far. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fe*ra"cious (?), a. [L. ferax, -acis, fr. ferre to bear.] Fruitful;
producing abundantly. [R.] Thomson.
Fe*rac"i*ty (?), n. [L. feracitas.] The state of being feracious or
fruitful. [Obs.] Beattie.
||Fe"rÊ (?), n. pl. [L., wild animals, fem. pl. of ferus wild.] (Zoˆl.)
||A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora,
||Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to
||the Carnivora.
||Fe"rÊ na*tu"rÊ (?). [L.] Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as
||foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.
Fe"ral (?), a. [L. ferus. See Fierce.] (Bot. & Zoˆl.) Wild; untamed;
ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants.
Fe"ral, a. [L. feralis, belonging to the dead.] Funereal; deadly;
fatal; dangerous. [R.] "Feral accidents." Burton.
Ferde (?), obs. imp. of Fare. Chaucer.
||Fer`-de-lance" (?), n. [F., the iron of a lance, lance head.] (Zoˆl.)
||A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and
||the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.
Fer"ding (?), n. [See Farthing.] A measure of land mentioned in
Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only.
[Obs.]
Ferd"ness (?), n. [OE. ferd fear. See Fear.] Fearfulness. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Fere (?), n. [OE. fere companion, AS. gefra, from fran to go, travel,
faran to travel. √78. See Fare.] A mate or companion; -- often
used of a wife. [Obs.] [Written also fear and feere.] Chaucer.
And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere.
Spenser.
In fere, together; in company. [Obs.] Chaucer.