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And fertilize the field that each pretends to
gain.

2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize
flower. A. R. Wallace.

Fer"ti*lizer (?), n. 1.
One who fertilizes; the agent that carries the fertilizing
principle, as a moth to an orchid. A. R. Wallace.

2. That which renders fertile; a general name
for commercial manures, as guano, phosphate of lime, etc.

||Fer"u*la (?), n. [L. ferula
giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod,
whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel.
berja. Cf. Ferule.] 1. A
ferule. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or
Eastern Empire.

Fer`u*la"ceous (?), a. [L.
ferulaceus, fr. ferula rod: cf. F.
férulacé.] Pertaining to reeds and canes;
having a stalk like a reed; as, ferulaceous plants.

Fer"u*lar (?), n.


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