Lewis Short
ferrūmen | fērū- (noun N) : (), , ferrum.
* Cement, solder, glue (post-Aug.): quod furto calcis sine ferumine suo caementa componuntur,Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; Petr. 102; Dig. 41, 1, 27.—Transf.: esse videtur Homeri (versus) simplicior et sincerior, Vergilii autem ϝεωτερικώτερος et quodam quasi ferumine immisso fucatior, etc., i. e. connection, connecting word, Gell. 13, 26, 3. —*
* Iron-rust: (crystalla) infestantur plurimis vitiis, scabro ferumine, maculosa nube, etc.,Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary