fesnyng

Etymology
From by a series of misprints and copying errors; hence, a ghost word. It has been mentioned written as *feamyng, too.

Noun

 * 1) A group (of ferrets); a business;.
 * 2) * 1991, Noel Perrin, A Noel Perrin Sampler, Dartmouth College Press:
 * ... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept