Rhenus ferier than the cataract.
Marston.
Fe"rine (?), a. [L. ferinus, fr. ferus wild. See Fierce.] Wild;
untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine
beasts. Sir M. Hale. -- n. A wild beast; a beast of prey. --
Fe"rine*ly, adv. - - Fe"rine*ness, n.
||Fer*in"gee (?), n. [Per. Farang, or Ar. Firanj, properly, a Frank.]
||The name given to Europeans by the Hindos. [Written also Feringhee.]
Fer"i*ty (?), n. [L. feritas, from ferus wild.] Wildness; savageness;
fierceness. [Obs.] Woodward.
Fer"ly (?), a. [AS. f&?;rlic sudden, unexpected. See Fear, n.]
Singular; wonderful; extraordinary. [Obs.] -- n. A wonder; a marvel.
[Obs.]
Who hearkened ever such a ferly thing.
Chaucer.
{ Ferm, Ferme (?), n. }[See Farm.] Rent for a farm; a farm; also, an
abode; a place of residence; as, he let his land to ferm. [Obs.]
Out of her fleshy ferme fled to the place of pain.
Spenser.
Fer"ma*cy (?), n. [OE. See Pharmacy.] Medicine; pharmacy. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Fer"ment (?), n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for
fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F.
ferment. Cf. 1st Barm, Fervent.] 1. That which causes fermentation, as
yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.
Ferments are of two kinds: (a) Formed or organized ferments. (b)
Unorganized or structureless ferments. The latter are also called
soluble or chemical ferments, and enzymes. Ferments of the first class
are as a rule simple microscopic vegetable organisms, and the
fermentations which they engender are due to their growth and
development; as, the acetic ferment, the butyric ferment, etc. See
Fermentation. Ferments of the second class, on the other hand, are
chemical substances, as a rule soluble in glycerin and precipitated by
alcohol. In action they are catalytic and, mainly, hydrolytic. Good
examples are pepsin of the dastric juice, ptyalin of the salvia, and
disease of malt.