单词 | ferreter |
释义 | ferretern. a. One who searches for rabbits, etc. with a ferret. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > one using ferret or weasel weasel-monger1591 ferreter1601 1601 F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edward II (1876) §58. 45 A ferretter, who shal have ij ferretes and a boy to help him. a1652 R. Brome City Wit i. i. sig. A8v, in Five New Playes (1653) I have heard my Mother say, his Father was a Ferretter. 1878 R. Jefferies Gamekeeper at Home 33 Assistants, who act as beaters, ferreters, etc. 1887 W. Rye Month on Norfolk Broads 13 The Poet found it [rabbit] in the ferreter's bag. b. One who searches minutely; a rummager. Also with out. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > rummaging or thorough searching > one who raker1342 ferreter1611 rummager1723 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > one who finds or discovers finderc1384 discoverer1576 founder1577 finder-outa1616 repertor1650 ferreter1863 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fureteur, a ferreter, searcher. 1857 J. R. Planché Fairy Tales 261 Monkeys are always great ferreters by profession. 1863 Scotsman 7 May Croker..that indefatigable ferreter out of mistakes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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