| Webster's Online Dictionary |
Date "FERRACUTE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | Ferracute [sharp iron ]. A giant in Turpin's Chronicle of Charlemagne. He had the strength of forty men, and was thirty-six feet high. Though no lance could pierce his hide, Orlando slew him by Divine interposition. (See Ferrau.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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