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ferruminate, v. Obs. or arch.|fəˈruːmɪneɪt|
[f. L. ferrūmināt-, ppl. stem of ferrūmināre to cement, f. ferrūmen cement, f. ferrum iron.]
trans. To cement, solder, unite.
1623in Cockeram. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 281 A course directly tending to break asunder that which he intended to ferruminate and to foment. 1650Charleton Paradoxes Prol. 23 The Terrestriall Atomes are fixed, coagmentated, and ferruminated into a solid Concretion. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 399* The flave [Boras] is best for ferruminating gold.
fig.1819Coleridge Lit. Rem. (1836) II. 275 Other passages ferruminated by Jonson from Seneca's tragedies. |