ferretto

English

Etymology

Italian ferretto di Spagna, diminutive of ferro (“iron”), from Latin ferrum.

Noun

ferretto (uncountable)

  1. copper sulphide, used to colour glass
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ferretto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Italian

Noun

ferretto m (plural ferretti)

  1. A piece of iron
  2. underwire (of a bra)
  3. red soil, rich in iron oxides
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