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▪ I. † ferine, n. Sc. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. Fr. farine farina.]
Meal.
1538Aberd. Reg. V. 16 (Jam.) Sewin bollis ferine.
▪ II. ferine, a. and n.|ˈfɪəraɪn|
[ad. L. ferīn-us, f. fera wild beast. Cf. Fr. férin (sense 3).]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to, or of the nature of, a wild animal, or wild animals.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 865 Transmigration of Humane Souls there into Ferine Bodies. 1708Motteux Rabelais (1737) V. 230 Some in ferine Venation take Delight. 1749Fielding Tom Jones v. xi, That gentle daliance, which..passes between lovers of the ferine kind. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 16 Dogs and cocks..and other ferine combatants.
b. Wild, untamed.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. vii. 202 The only difficulty..is touching those ferine..and untamable Beasts. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. iv. x. 178 Such as are of a Ferine, not a Domestick Nature. 1728Morgan Algiers I. Pref. 6 Instinct..like that of the ferine Animals.
2. Of human beings, their actions and attributes: Bestial, beast-like.
1640Bp. Reynolds Passions xvi. 165 Brutish and unnaturall Desires, which the Philosopher calleth ferine. 1678Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 305 A man to..suffer the ferine and brutish part to get the Ascendant over that which is Rational and Divine. 1786tr. Swedenborg's Chr. Relig. §588 A man..from his inherent ferine nature would plunder and massacre. 1822Southey in Q. Rev. XXVI. 294 It was necessary to become as ferine as themselves.
absol.1846Landor Imag. Conv. II. 218 There are certain colours also of the mind lively enough to excite choler at a distance in the silly and ferine.
3. Of a disease: Malignant. rare.
1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. x. 103 Thus a ferin Catarrh happens, which through it's corrosive quality oft Ulcerates the Lungs. 1884in Syd. Soc. Lex.
B. n. A wild beast.
In mod. Dicts.
Hence ˈferinely adv., ˈferineness.
1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. vii. 197 A conversation with those..would easily assimilate..the next Generation to Barbarism and Ferineness. 1847Craig, Ferinely. |