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FERRET , a domesticated, and frequently See also:albino breed of quadruped, derived from the See also:wild See also:polecat (Putorius foetidus, or P. putorius), which it closely resembles in See also:size, See also:form, and habits, and with which it interbreeds. It differs in the See also:colour of its See also:fur, which is usually yellowish-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, and of its eyes, which are pinky-red. The " polecat-ferret " is a See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown breed, apparently the product of the above-mentioned See also:cross. The ferret attains a length of about 14 in., exclusive of the tail, which See also:measures 5 in. Although exhibiting considerable tameness, it seems incapable of See also:attachment, and when not properly fed, or when irritated, is See also:apt to give painful See also:evidence of its ferocity. It is chiefly employed in destroying rats and other See also:vermin, and in See also:driving rabbits from their burrows. The ferret is remarkably prolific, the See also:female bringing forth two broods annually, each numbering from six to nine See also:young. It is said to occasionally devour its young immediately after See also:birth, and in this See also:case produces another brood soon after. The ferret was well known to the See also:Romans, See also:Strabo stating that it was brought from See also:Africa into See also:Spain, and See also:Pliny that it was employed in his See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in See also:rabbit-See also:hunting, under the name Viverra; the See also:English name is not derived from this, but from Fr. furet, See also:Late See also:Lat. furo, robber. The date of its introduction into See also:Great See also:Britain is uncertain, but it has been known in See also:England for at least 600 years.
The ferret should be kept in dry, clean, well-ventilated hutches, and fed twice daily on See also:bread, See also:milk, and See also:meat, such as rabbits' and fowls' livers. When used to See also:hunt rabbits it is provided with a muzzle, or, better and more usual, a See also:cope, made by looping and knotting twine about the See also:head and snout, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to prevent it killing its See also:quarry, in which case it would See also:gorge itself and go to See also:sleep in the hole. As the ferret enters the hole the rabbits flee before it, and are shot or caught by See also:dogs as they break ground. A ferret's hold on its quarry is as obstinate as that of a bulldog, but can easily be broken by a strong pressure ofthe thumb just above the eyes. Only full-grown ferrets are " worked to " rats. Several are generally used at a time and without copes, as rats are fierce fighters.
See Ferrets, by See also:Nicholas Everitt (See also:London, 1897).
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