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Definition of Ferned
1. Adjective. Abounding in or covered with ferns. "The ferny undergrowth"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferned
Literary usage of Ferned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1918)
"Fringed pool, ferned grot— The veriest school Of peace; and yet the fool Contends
that God is not— Not God! in gardens! when the eve is cool? ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1829)
"... however, was not disposed of' at the sale; but it has been since purchased by
an eminent astronomer, and trans.. ferned to his observatory at Kilworth, ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1862)
"... how was it farther cracked and scarped, fashioned and modified, into its
present exact configuration ? How was it lichened and mossed, ferned and ..."
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