ferretto

English

Etymology

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

Noun

ferretto (uncountable)

  1. copper sulphide, used to colour glass.

References
  • Luke Hebert (1849) The Engineer's & Mechanic's Encyclopeadia
  • 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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