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farrying

farrying is the present participle and gerund of farry.

Meaning of farry

Verb

farry (third-person singular simple present farries, present participle farrying, simple past and past participle farried)

  1. 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

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Questions about farrying

What is farrying the present participle and gerund of?
Farrying is the present participle and gerund of farry.

Words near farrying in the dictionary

  1. Farruggias
  2. Farrugia
  3. Farrugias
  4. Farrukhabad
  5. farry
  6. farrying
  7. Farrys
  8. fars
  9. fars bretons
  10. farsakh
  11. farsakhs

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