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Definition of Ferreted
1. ferret [v] - See also: ferret
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferreted
Literary usage of Ferreted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report on the Deeds & Records of the Borough of King's Lynn by Henry Harrod (1870)
"If Mr. Swatman had not ferreted out the little bits of detail from these accounts,
the grave errors with respect to Isabella's life and death would for many ..."
2. The Celtic Monthly: A Magazine for Highlanders (1895)
"There are the Navy, Clergy, Law, and Civil Service lists to be searched and
clansmen to be ferreted out. If the Society searches and cares for these, ..."
3. Nature Near London by Richard Jefferies (1883)
"Though ferreted and hunted down by the weasels the rats were not rooted out, but
remained till the ash-heap was sifted and no fresh refuse deposited. ..."
4. Sons of the Covenant: A Tale of London Jewry by Samuel Gordon (1900)
"Thinkin' of how the boys thought Syd Mitchell a bit of a wizard all along o' the
way he ferreted out the liquor for 'em—that was one o' the things he ..."
5. An Historical and Critical Account of the Life and Writings of the Ever by Pierre Desmaizeaux (1719)
"He adds, that our Author was ferreted ! more in his younger days, maintain'd :
and thereby he I (eems to have been willing to reconcile ..."
6. Mental Evolution in Animals by George John Romanes, Charles Darwin (1884)
"Every one who has ferreted wild rabbits must have noticed that if the warren has
been ferreted before, the rabbits are very unwilling to " bolt," allowing ..."
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