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Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes." [saints]. Chaucer.

A place for rearing ferns.

A freckle on the skin, resembling the seed of fern. [Prov. Eng.]

Abounding in ferns.

A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees. McElrath.

Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace. -- Fra*ter"nal*ly, adv. An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton. Fraternal love and friendship. Addison.

To fraternize; to hold fellowship. Jefferson.

Fraternization. [R.] Jefferson.

The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

The act of fraternizing or uniting as brothers. I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. Burke.

To bring into fellowship or brotherly sympathy. Correspondence for fraternizing the two nations. Burke.

One who fraternizes. Burke.

A lantern having a lamp surrounded by a hollow cylindrical Fresnel lens.

To grin or yawn. [Obs.] "[/He] gaped like a gulf when he did gern." Spenser.

A garner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cautiousness; tenderness.

An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer.

en, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority. "Fit to govern and rule multitudes." Shak.

Governableness.

Capable of being governed, or subjected to authority; controllable; manageable; obedient. Locke.