a. Obs. [f. L. ferr-um iron + -fic-us making: see -FIC.] Iron-making; iron-producing.
1671. Phil. Trans., VI. 2235. The Ferrifick (if we may be allow’d to frame such a word) or the Iron-making Principle.
Hence 1753 in Chambers, Cycl. Supp.
a. Obs. [f. L. ferr-um iron + -fic-us making: see -FIC.] Iron-making; iron-producing.
1671. Phil. Trans., VI. 2235. The Ferrifick (if we may be allow’d to frame such a word) or the Iron-making Principle.
Hence 1753 in Chambers, Cycl. Supp.
