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Definition of Ferine
1. Adjective. Wild and menacing. "A pack of feral dogs"
Definition of Ferine
1. a. Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts.
Definition of Ferine
1. Adjective. (rare) Pertaining to wild animals; feral. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferine
1. feral [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferine
Literary usage of Ferine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting by American Bankers Association, Savings Bank Division (1907)
"THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT OF A SAVINGS BANK. BY EDWARD T. ferine. GENERAL MANAGER
THE AUDIT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK. Mr. President and Members of the Savings ..."
2. Annals of Staten Island, from Its Discovery to the Present Time by J. J. Clute (1877)
"ferine. The original orthography of the name was Perrin. Count Perrin was a
Huguenot refugee from Nouere ; the American family are not descended ..."
3. Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West by James Morton Callahan (1912)
"(I) Richard ferine, the first of the line of whom we have definite information,
was a native of Harrison county, ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"He his hurt licks ; gazing still on his lord, Caradoc, Gapes ; and in that yields
the true ferine breath. But, in the inner chamber, heavy sleeps, All day, ..."
5. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"France it is used only when joined to Tft* ; Tonx ferine, a dry, obstinate, and
painful cough. FER'AIENT, Fermen'titm, («|UH>i Ani'men/*«, from/ert'co, ..."
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