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1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ferret \Fer"ret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferreted; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Ferreting.] [Cf. F. fureter. See Ferret, n.]
   To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the
   cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; --
   often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
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         Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.
                                                  --Shak.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ferret \Fer"ret\, n. [Ital. foretto, dim. of fiore flower; or F.
   fleuret. Cf. Floret.]
   A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of
   cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
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