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Far. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle.

Fruitful; producing abudantly. [R.] Thomson.

The state of being feracious or fruitful. [Obs.] Beattie.

A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.

Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property.

Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants. feral child, not raised by humans

imp. of Fare. Chaucer.

A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only. [Obs.]

Fearfulness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

of a wife. [Obs.] [Written also fear and feere.] Chaucer. And Cambel took Cambrina to his fere. Spenser. In fere, together; in company. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints. Mollett.

Far forth. [Obs.] As ferforth as, as far as. -- So ferforth, to such a degree.

Ferforth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

essentially a tantalo- niobate of yttrium, erbium, and cerium; -- so called after Robert Ferguson.

A week day, esp. a day which is neither a festival nor a fast. Shipley.

Same as Feria.

The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

A holiday. [Obs.] Bullokar.

, compar. of Fere, fierce. [Obs.] Rhenus ferier than the cataract. Marston.