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ferrety, a.|ˈfɛrɪtɪ| [f. ferret n.1 + -y1.] Resembling a ferret or a ferret's.
1801Med. Jrnl. V. 15 Indicated by a flushed countenance, ferrety eye. 1876J. Weiss Wit, Hum. & Shaks. ii. 54 There is nothing more feretty than your cynic. 1877Black Green Past. xi, The man..looked at Balfour with a pair of keen and ferrety eyes. 1883G. H. Boughton in Harper's Mag. Mar. 528/1 Jacob translated for the ferrety old dame. |