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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Früs'tum, n. p. 548(Geom.) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the top; or, the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, &c., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each…Frŭt'age, n. p. 548A picture of fruit; a fruit-piece. The cornices consist of fruitages and festoons. Evelyn. 2. A confection of fruit. Nares.Fru-tē'scent, a. p. 548(Bot.) Becoming shrubby, or having the appearance of a shrub; as, a frutescent stem. Martyn.Frŭ'tex, n. p. 548(Bot.) A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub. Milne.Frŭ'ti-cant, a. p. 548Full of shoots. [Obs.] Evelyn.Frū'ti-cōse' or Frū'ti-cōus, a. p. 548(Bot.) Pertaining to shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrub-like; as, a fruticous stem. Gray.Fru-tĭc'ū-lōse', a. p. 548(Bot.) Like a small shrub. Gray.Frȳ, v. t. p. 548To dress with fat by heating or roasting in a pan over a fire; to cook and prepare for eating in a frying-pan; as, to fry meat or vegetables.Frȳ, v. i. p. 548To be heated and agitated, as meat in a frying-pan; to undergo the action of fire or extreme heat; to simmer; hence, to ferment, to foam, or to dissolve with heat. “With crackling flames a caldron…Frȳ, n. p. 548A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; a large number. “The fry of children young.” Spenser. “To sever . . . the good fish from the other fry.” Milton. We have burned two frigates, and a…Fry'ing-păn, n. p. 548A pan with a long handle, used for frying meat and vegetables.Fū'age, n. p. 548The same as FUMAGE.Fū'ar, n. p. 548A small freeholder of land in fee. [Scot.] W. Scott.Fŭb, n. p. 548A plump young person. [Obs.] [Written also fubs.]Fŭb, v. t. p. 548To put off; to delay; to cheat. [Obs.] I have been fubbed off, and fubbed off, from this day to that day. Shak.Fŭb'ber-y, n. p. 548Act of cheating; deception. Marston.Fŭb'by or Fŭb'sy, a. p. 548Plump; chubby. [Eng.] Nichols. Her daughter, a fubsy, good-humored, silly . . . old maid. Madam D'Artlay.Fū'cate or Fū'cā-ted, a. p. 548Painted; disguised with paint, or with false show. Johnson.Fūch'si-ā, n. p. 548(Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, named in honor of Leonard Fuchs, a German botanist. F. coccinia is one of the most elegant of deciduous greenhouse shrubs; the young wood and leaves are tinged…Fu-cīv'o-rous, a. p. 548Eating, or subsisting on, sea-weed; as, fucivorous animals. Dana.Fū'coid, n. p. 548(Palæon.) Fossil sea-weed. Hitchcock.Fū'coid or Fū-coid'al, a. p. 548Pertaining to, or resembling, seaweed.Fū'cus, n. p. 548A paint; a dye; hence, false show, B. Jonson. 2. (Bot.) A genus of sea-weeds of a tough, leathery kind, and usually of a dull, brownish-green color; sea-wrack, and other species.Fūd, n. p. 548The tail of a hare. Halliwell.Fŭd'dle, v. t. p. 548To make foolish or disordered by drink; to cause to become intoxicated. Thomson.Fŭd'dle, v. i. p. 548To drink to excess. L'Estrange.Fŭd'dler, n. p. 548A drunkard. Baxter.Fŭdġe, n. p. 548A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; — an exclamation of contempt. Goldsmith.Fŭdge, v. t. p. 548To devise; to contrive; to fabricate. Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. Fairfax. 2. To foist; to interpolate. “That last . . . is fudged in. Foote.Fū-ē'gī-an, n. p. 548(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Tierra del Fuego.Fū'el, n. p. 548Any matter which serves as aliment to fire; that which feeds fire; combustible matter, as wood, coal, peat, &c. 2. Any thing that serves to feed or increase flame, heat, or excitement.Fū'el, v. t. p. 548To feed with fuel or combustible matter. [Obs.] Never, alas! the dreadful name, That fuels the infernal flame. Cowley. 2. To store or furnish with fuel or firing. Wotton.Fū'el-er, n. p. 548One who, or that which, supplies fuel. [Rare.] Donne.Fū-e'ro, n. p. 548(Sp. Law.) (a.) A code; a charter; a grant of privileges. (b.) A custom having the force of law. (c.) A declaration by a magistrate. (d.) A place where justice is administered. (e.) The jurisdiction…Fŭff, v. i. p. 548To puff. [Prov. Eng., and local, U. S.] Brockett.Fŭff'y, a. p. 548Light; puffy. [Prov. Eng., and local, U. S.]Fū'ga, n. p. 548(Mus.) A fugue. See FUGUE.Fu-gā'cioŭs, a. p. 548Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; volatile. Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase. Bp. Taylor.Fu-gā’ciōus-ness, n. p. 548The quality of being fugacious; volatility.Fu-găç'i-ty, n. p. 548The quality of being fugacious; fugaciousness; volatility; as, fugacity of spirits. Boyle. 2. Uncertainty; instability. Johnson.Fū'ga-çy, n. p. 548Fugaciousness; fugacity. [Obs.] Milton.Fu-gä'to, n. p. 548(Mus.) A composition in the fugue style, but not strictly a fugue.Fūgh, interj. p. 548An exclamation expressing abhorrence. [Commonly written foh.] Dryden.Fū'gi-tive, a. p. 548Apt to flee away; given to flying away; inclined to escape; liable to disappear; uncertain; not to be relied upon. 2. Easily blown away or absorbed; volatile; evanescent. “Tender and fugitive parts .…Fū'gi-tive, n. p. 548One who flees from his station or duty; a deserter; one who flees from danger. 2. One who has fled or deserted, and taken refuge under another power, or one who has fled from punishment. Dryden. 3.…Fū'gi-tive-ly, adv. p. 548In a fugitive manner.Fū'gi-tive-ness, n. p. 548Liability or aptness to fly away; volatility; fugacity. Boyle. 2. Instability; unsteadiness. Johnson.Fū’gle-man, n. p. 548(Mil.) A soldier especially expert and well drilled, who takes his place in front of a military company, as an example or model to the others in their exercises; hence, a file-leader; an example; a…Fūgue, n. p. 548(Mus.) A musical composition in contrapuntal style, in which a subject is proposed by one part, and then responded to by the others, according to certain rules. All parts of the scheme are eternally…Fū'guist, n. p. 548(Mus.) A musician who composes or performs fugues. Busby.Fūl'çi-ble, a. p. 548Capable of being propped up. [Obs.] Cockeram.Fŭl'çi-ment, n. p. 548The support on which a balance or lever rests and turns; a prop; a fulcrum. [Obs.] Wilkins.Fŭl'crate, a. p. 548(Bot.) Descending to the earth; as, a fulcrate branch. [Rare.] Lee. 2. Furnished with fulcrums.Fūl'crum, n. p. 548A prop or support. 2. (Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or the point about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. 3. (Bot.) A part of a plant;—used in the plural to designate all the…Fŭl-fĭl', v. t. p. 548To fill up; to make full or complete. “Fulfill her week.” Gen. xxix. 27. “Corresponding and fulfilling bolts.” Shak. 2. To accomplish or carry into effect, as an intention, promise, or prophecy, a…Fŭl-fĭl'ler, n. p. 548One who fulfills or accomplishes.Fŭl-fĭll'ment, n. p. 548Accomplishment; completion; as, the fulfillment of prophecy. 2. Execution; performance; as, the fulfillment of a promise.Fūl'gen-cy, n. p. 548Brightness; splendor; glitter; effulgence. Bailey.Fūl'gent, a. p. 548Exquisitely bright; shining; dazzling; effulgent. Other Thracians . . . fulgent morions wore. Glover.Fūl'gent-ly, adv. p. 548Dazzlingly; glitteringly.