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Ferracute
[sharp iron ]. A giant in Turpin's Chronicle of
Charlemagne. He had the strength of forty men, and was thirty-six
feet high. Though no lance could pierce his hide, Orlando slew him by
Divine interposition.
(See Ferrau.)
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