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Definition of Ferreous
1. a. Partaking of, made of, or pertaining to, iron; like iron.
Definition of Ferreous
1. Adjective. Containing or resembling iron. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferreous
1. containing iron [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferreous
Literary usage of Ferreous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"FerreOUS. (L.) L. ferreus, made of iron ; with suffix -ous. ... Ferruginous ;
see ferreous. Ferry, vb. (E.) ME.ferien. ..."
2. The Annals of Electricity, Magnetism, and Chemistry, and Guardian of by William Sturgeon (1837)
"The short lines with cross heads on the face of the magnet, and the long lines
on its upper and lower sides, show the direction of the ferreous magnetic ..."
3. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... of its attraction, that it attracts not only ferreous bodies. but also ...
for in the body of glass there is no ferreous or magnetical nature which ..."
4. Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries Into Very Many Received Tenents, and by Thomas Browne, Nath Ekins (1658)
"... there is no ferreous or Magnetical nature which might •r of the ... conceiving it
carried away all ferreous and earthy parts, from the pure and running ..."
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