a. & adv. Far. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ferax, -acis, fr. ferre to bear. ] Fruitful; producing abundantly. [ R. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. feracitas. ] The state of being feracious or fruitful. [ Obs. ] Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ L., wild animals, fem. pl. of ferus wild. ] (Zool.) A group of mammals which formerly included the Carnivora, Insectivora, Marsupialia, and lemurs, but is now often restricted to the Carnivora.

‖ [ L. ] Of a wild nature; -- applied to animals, as foxes, wild ducks, etc., in which no one can claim property. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. feralis, belonging to the dead. ] Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous. [ R. ] “Feral accidents.” Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ferus. See Fierce. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A child not raised in the company of humans; a child raised by wild animals. Romulus and Remus in Roman mythology were feral children. Authenticated examples of children raised by beasts are rare or nonexistent, though there are stories of children being raised from infancy in isolation from adults, or in the presence of deaf and dumb adults, resulting in an inability to speak human language. [ PJC ]

obs. imp. of Fare. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., the iron of a lance, lance head. ] (Zool.) A large, venomous serpent (Trigonocephalus lanceolatus) of Brazil and the West Indies. It is allied to the rattlesnake, but has no rattle. [ 1913 Webster ]