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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F. fleuret Cf {Floret}.] A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also {ferreting}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [F. feret, dim. or fer iron, L. ferrum.] (Glass Making) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [F. furet, cf LL furo; prob. fr L. fur thief (cf. {Furtive}); cf Arm. fur wise, sly.] (Zo["o]l.) An animal of the Weasel family ({Mustela or Putorius furo}), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ferret \Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ferreted}; p. pr & vb n. {Ferreting}.] [Cf. F. fureter. See {Ferret}, n.] To drive or hunt out of a lurking place as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out as to ferret out a secret. Master Fer! I'll fer him and firk him and ferret him --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ferret n 1: ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct [syn: {black-footed ferret}, {Mustela nigripes}] 2: domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits v : search busily; "ferret out the truth" [syn: {grub}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Ferret Lev. 11:30 (R.V., "gecko"), one of the unclean creeping things It was perhaps the Lacerta gecko which was intended by the Hebrew word (anakah, a cry, "mourning," the creature which groans) here used i.e., the "fan-footed" lizard, the gecko which makes a mournful wail. The LXX. translate it by a word meaning "shrew-mouse," of which there are three species in Palestine. The Rabbinical writers regard it as the hedgehog. The translation of the Revised Version is to be preferred.
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