farry
farry verb: to farrow; to give birth to a litter of piglets.
Verb
farry (third-person singular simple present farries, present participle farrying, simple past and past participle farried)
- To farrow; to give birth to a litter of piglets.
- If two sows happen to farry near the same time together and have fourteen pigs, the vicar takes two, without deduction, and if twenty no more.1854, John Nock Bagnall, A history of Wednesbury in the county of Stafford, page 55
- I have had the misfortune to lose my sow and eleven small pigs, I tried my best, so did the vetinary sic surgeons but it was no good, you see she has a slight cold and this caused her to farry a month before time.1913, Merry Kimber, (Letter to Cecil Sharp)
Proper noun capitalized: Farry
Farry (plural Farrys)
- A surname from Irish.
Forms of farry
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | farries |
| present participle | farrying |
| past participle | farried |
| past | farried |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Farrys |
Origin of farry
Variant of Ferry.
Questions about farry
- What does farry mean?
- Farry means to farrow; to give birth to a litter of piglets.
- What part of speech is farry?
- Farry can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of farry?
- The past tense of farry is farried.
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