fesnyng

== English == === Etymology === From business by a series of misprints and copying errors; hence, a ghost word. It has been mentioned written as *feamyng, too. === Pronunciation === enPR: fĕsʹ-nĭng, fĕzʹ-nĭng, IPA(key): /ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/, /ˈfɛz.nɪŋ/ (US) /ˈfɛz.ɪŋ/ Hyphenation: fes‧nyng Rhymes: -ɛsnɪŋ, -ɛznɪŋ === Noun === fesnyng (plural fesnyngs) A group (of ferrets); a business; the collective noun for ferrets. 1991, Noel Perrin, A Noel Perrin Sampler, Dartmouth College Press: ... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept