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Definition of Ferny
1. Adjective. Abounding in or covered with ferns. "The ferny undergrowth"
2. Adjective. Resembling ferns especially in leaf shape. "The ferny shadows of locust leaves"
Definition of Ferny
1. a. Abounding in ferns.
Definition of Ferny
1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to ferns ¹
2. Adjective. Like a fern, having the shape or feel of a fern. ¹
3. Adjective. Covered in ferns. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferny
1. abounding in ferns [adj FERNIER, FERNIEST] - See also: ferns
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferny
Literary usage of Ferny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Hymns: Their Authors and History by Samuel Willoughby Duffield (1886)
"... theatre of leafy heights, rising one above another, and opening here and there
into bright green lawns and ferny slopes. Around a point, and there, ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1891)
"856, and note; Tetherow v. St. Joseph etc. ß'y Co., 98 Mo. 74; 14 Am. St. Rep.
617, and note: ferny т. Long Island A. A Co., 116 NY 375. ..."
3. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1895)
"... To-day I'll bid farewell to books, And by the river loved so well, Thm' ferny
haunts and flowery nooks, ..."
4. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1889)
"With a smile for the past, and a sigh of regret, THE ferny BANKS OF FENDER.
The red light lies on the mountain crest Like a babe asleep on its mother's ..."
5. A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata by Henry Woodward (1878)
"who ascertained the exact bed from which these remains were derived, and which
proved to be the " ferny Metal," under the " Big Coal" or " Rani's Mine. ..."
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