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A waking up or arousing. [Obs.] Holland

Foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad.

Beyond the territorial limits; foreign to, or exempt from, the territorial jurisdiction. -- Ex*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#),adv.

The state of being free from the jurisdiction of a country when within its territorial limits.

Beyond the limits of a territory or particular jurisdiction; exterritorial. -- Ex`tra*ter`ri*to"ri*al*ly(#), adv.

The state of being beyond the limits of a particular territory; esp. (Internat. Law),

A gooseberry. [Prov. Eng.] Prior.

A stuff made of silk and wool. I did buy a colored silk ferrandine. Pepys.

A form of conductor, designed by Ferranti, for currents of high potential, and consisting of concentric tubes of copper separated by an insulating material composed of paper saturated with black mineral wax.

ndenser of moderate capacity; -- so called because first observed in connection with the Ferranti cables in London.

A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Pertaining to Ferrara, in Italy. -- n., sing. & pl.

The art of working in iron. [Obs.] Chapman.

A salt of ferric acid.

compar. of Fer.

Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

superl. of Fer. Chaucer.

ite color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.

The spur-winged goose; -- so called from the red circle around the eyes.

One who ferrets. Johnson.