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See Ferro-.

A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.

on; -- especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence; as, ferrous sulphate.

Having the color or properties of the rust of iron.

Ferruginous. [R.]

Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron. Boyle.

A disease of plants caused by fungi, commonly called the rust, from its resemblance to iron rust in color.

A ring or cap of metal put round a cane, tool, handle, or other similar object, to strengthen it, or prevent splitting and wearing.

To solder or unite, as metals. [R.] Coleridge.

The soldering ir uniting of me [R.] Coleridge.

To pass over water in a boat or by a ferry. They ferry over this Lethean sound Both to and fro. Milton.

A vessel for conveying passengers, merchandise, etc., across streams and other narrow waters.

One who maintains or attends a ferry.

A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; -- common in beds of iron ore.

In Germany and Austria, a baron.

To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent. [Political Cant, U. S.]

Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated.

A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree.

ining to, or engaged in, warfare carried on irregularly and by independent bands; as, a guerrilla party; guerrilla warfare.

A genus of trees (Celtis) related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. C. occidentalis is common in the Eastern United States. Gray.