But the burrows of the Field-mouse are so small that a ferret cannot make its way through them, and the nightly dew that falls on the stack affords an ample supply of water.
The ferret will drive the rats out of their holes, and if they have taken possession of a wheat-stack they can be ejected by depriving them of access to water.
No suggestion being made even by the sagacious James as to the manner in which the ferret and rabbits were to come to a compromise, Henry inferred, if it came to fighting, that the English government would refuse assistance.
Leopold in Julich," said Henry's agent in Germany, "is a ferret in a rabbit warren.
When you ferret rabbits, you get rabbits that are fussed and frightened and in a hurry; they aren't normal rabbits.
Grantie, you are a mixture between a raven and a ferret and a gadfly--a marvellous hybrid, as yet unknown to books on natural history.
Sigglesfield, who seemed to turn twice as small, and his ferret eyes no better than button-hole slits.
Harry is assisting Dyke to ferret out the railroad express crime, and it may be some weeks before he comes to this part of the State.
He has taken into his head to hunt down the men who killed Arnold Nicholson, and if there's a man east of the Mississippi who can ferret out this crime, Dyke Darrel is the one.
Why can't you ferretout the truth as well as a man?
I beg of you, Mr Wise, spare no time, pains or expense to ferret him out.
It's the queerest thing I ever knew, Prescott, but it isn't my province to ferret out the truth.
The giant was admitted by acclamation, and then all went back noisily into that hiding-place in Barnesdale which had defied both the ferret eyes of lean-faced Simeon Carfax and the Norman archer Hubert.
Right instantly," answered the one called Midge, a little ferret of a man.
I have conceived a sort of unwarrantable unfriendliness toward Pliny and St. Paul, because it seems as if I can never ferret out a place that I can have to myself.
I thought of the unknown Carthew, and it sickened me to see this ferret on his trail.
The third and most permanent defense against heresy was the establishment, under the headship of the pope, of a system of tribunals designed to ferret out secret cases of unbelief and bring the offenders to punishment.
The first of these was that of the Albigenses in southern France in the thirteenth century; this had been fearfully punished, and the Inquisition had been established to ferret out and bring to trial those who were disloyal to the Church.
The ferret who, from morning till night, tracked robbers and malefactors into their hiding places, was taking his recreation in his damp garden.
Pulling a piece of twine from his hunting-coat pocket, he tied fast the bird, a double hitch after hitch, so that the ferret could not loose the bait and carry it into the hole.
Illustration: Color Blending] Later I accidentally came upon some fellows who had put a ferretinto a hole.
Returning promptly for the body the ferret made another grab and was finally coaxed out of the hole and caught by the owner.
They tied a string to the meat and lowered it into the hole; whereupon the ferret instantly snatched it, and forgetting his late resolve, held on so tenaciously that the hunter soon had him back into the bag.
The owner of the ferret had a cruel heart, but even it was softened a little at the sight, for he threw the murderous creature away from him.
Bunny, always on the alert, makes a bolt for his life with the ferretat his back and the old hound waiting at the other end of the hole to crush his life out.
The other started the ferret on its death-dealing mission.
Grass had grown around the entrance, and the ferret was busy trying to carry enough into the hole to make a comfortable bed and take up his abode there, unceremoniously abandoning the snug quarters in his master's pocket.
Fortunately for him his master had the sack open and the ferret hastened into it to safety.
After the entrance is dug out a long arm is extended into the hole and Bunny is slowly dragged forth with the ferret hanging on like grim death.
The ferret was put into a hole and out popped three rabbits, one on the heels of the other.
What, send that vagabond to the carriage to ferret about there!
Notwithstanding the authority of interpreters and commentators, there are still doubts whether the ferret be the ictis of the Greeks.
The ferret is preferred to the polecat for driving rabbits from their burrows, because he is more easily tamed.
The polecat, however, is a wild animal and a native of temperate climates, whereas the ferret is a native of warm countries, and cannot exist even in France, but in a domestic state.
The ferret is also made use of by boys in searching for bird's nests in the holes of walls or trees.
Strabo says the ferret was brought from Africa into Spain; which does not appear void of foundation, as Spain is the native climate of rabbits, and the country where formerly these animals most abounded.
Having no ferret in my possession, I made the like experiment on the ermine, by giving him nothing but honey to eat, and milk to drink; but he died in a few days.
Buffon may be assured that the ferret has no absolute inclination for honey; but if kept on slender diet, it may be forced to eat it.
The ferrethas a longer and thinner body, a narrower head, and a sharper snout than the polecat.
The ferret also, like other domestic animals, varies in colour, and is as common in hot countries as the polecat is scarce.
This may also be seen in rather a remarkable manner, as probably no one ever saw a ferret enter a rabbit-hole without its peculiar "shiver.
Zoologically the ferret is one of the most interesting animals of the group to which it belongs; and this from the fact that it is a true breeding albino, having the white fur and pink eyes peculiar to this variety.
He works the warrens in winter, but long waiting for a glutted ferret in frost and snow is not pleasant.
The ferretcommonly used in this country is an animal of the weasel kind, belonging to a large genus and having its true home in the Tropics.
When this occurs it is awkward for the poacher; the ferret in such case usually curls itself up and goes to sleep; left to itself it might stay in the hole for days; and so it has either to be dug or starved out.
Unlike hares, rabbits rarely squeal when they become entangled; and this allows the poacher to ferret long and silently.
Both processes are long, the burrows ramify far into the bank, and it is not certainly known in which the ferret remains.
If a ferret is inclined to be vicious attract its attention with a glove in front, bringing the other hand down with a rapid sweep, grasping it firmly by the neck and shoulders.
A brown ferret is apt to be nipped up by a sharp dog in mistake for a rat or rabbit, while a white one is always apparent, even when moving amongst the densest herbage.
Sometimes a ferret will drive a rabbit to the end of a blind burrow, and after killing it will not return until it has gorged itself with blood; and more trouble is added if the ferret curls itself up for an after-dinner sleep.
In Welsh, the name of the ferret is ffured, which means a wily, crafty creature.
The name by which the maleferret is known in the midland counties is the hob: the female is called the jill.
There may be a root or stick in which the line gets entangled, when there will be digging and no end of trouble to get the ferret out.
Unlike hares, rabbits rarely squeal when they become entangled; and this allows one to ferret long and silently.
The latter process is long, the burrows ramify far into the mound, and it is not just known in which the ferret remains.
At night a brown ferret is apt to be nipped up in mistake for a rabbit; while a white one is always apparent, even when moving among the densest herbage.
And more trouble is added if the ferret curls itself up for an after-dinner sleep.
A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.
We put the ferret down in a crevice between two bare sheets of rock, and waited.
There was another gun and a ferret in the house also, and he said that as soon as we got home he was going to take me out fowling on rabbits.
Judy is a regular dragon, and the old woman is as keen as a ferret and as sly as a female fox.
I'll ferret out your guilty secrets before long, as sure as my name is Blanche!
The police of New York had apparently thought it worth while to ferret out further facts in connection with the singer, who had not again returned to America.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ferret" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
