(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:38:11

Fe"rine (?), a. [L. ferinus, fr. ferus wild. See Fierce.]

Wild; untamed; savage; as, lions, tigers, wolves, and bears are ferine beasts.

Sir M. Hale.

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n.

A wild beast; a beast of prey.

-- Fe"rine*ly, adv. -- Fe"rine*ness, n.

 

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