·noun Rent for a farm; a farm; also, an abode; a place of residence; as, he let his land to ferm.
fermē, adv., fuller form of fĕrē, q. v. ...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
fermē adv. for * ferimē, sup of fere, closely, quite, entirely, fully, altogether, just...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
A hole. CANT. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose