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Fer*ment"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F.
fermentatif.] Causing, or having power to cause,
fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a
fermentative process.

-- Fer*ment"a*tive*ly, adv. --
Fer*ment"a*tive*ness, n.

Fer"mer*ere (?), n. [OF.
enfermerier, fr. enfermerie infirmary. See
Infirmary.] The officer in a religious house who had the
care of the infirmary. [Obs.]

Fer"mil*let (?), n. [OF., dim. of
fermeil, fermail, clasp, prob. fr. OF. & F.
fermer to make fast, fr. ferme fast. See Firm.]
A buckle or clasp. [Obs.] Donne.

Fern (?), adv. Long ago.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Fern, a. [AS. fyrn.]
Ancient; old. [Obs.] "Pilgrimages to . . . ferne halwes."
[saints]. Chaucer.

Fern (f&etilde;rn), n. [AS.
fearn; akin to D. varen, G. farn,
farnkraut; cf.


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