Obs. exc. dial. Used in exclamations, † what a ferrup, what the ferrups (= ‘what the deuce’), by the ferrups.
1679. Dryden, Troilus & Cr., III. ii. Pand. Put up, and vanish; they are coming out: What a ferrup, will you play when the dance is done?
c. 1860. Staton, Rays fro’ th’ Loomenary, 38. Nay by the ferrups.
1865. Miss Lahee, Betty o’ Yeps Tale (1870), 20. Whoy, what the ferrups don yo myen?
