ferine
Example Sentences
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The sort of ferine reputation which he had acquired for himself abroad prevented numbers, of course, of his countrymen, whom he would have most cordially welcomed, from seeking his acquaintance.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
We killed some wild ferine creatures at the foot of these hills; but, except two things, like to nothing that we ever saw before, we met with nothing that was fit to eat.
From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Defoe, Daniel
The only ferine companions we now had were a few hardy quadrupeds and birds, capable of enduring the winter.
From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
There was a silence of some seconds, and his yellow ferine gaze met hers strangely.
From Wylder's Hand by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
Unde nostra ætate neminem ferine musicum invenias, qui non omni redundat vitiorum genere.
From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by Waters, W. G. (William George)
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