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† Feˈrrara Obs. rare—1. A broadsword; more fully, an ‘Andrea Ferrara’. Cf. Andrew 1.
1762Churchill Poems, Proph. Famine, There saw I..the Ferrara..Unwilling grace the aukward victor's side. 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue s.v. Ferrara, An Andrea Ferrara has become the common name for the glaymore, or highland broad-sword. |