'Ferreted' definitions:
Definition of 'Ferreted'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]