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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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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.Fūl'gid, a. p. 548Shining; glittering; dazzling. [Obs.] Pope.Fūl-gid'i-ty, n. p. 548Splendor; resplendence; effulgence. [Obs.] Bailey.Fūl’gōr, n. p. 548Dazzling brightness; splendor. [Obs.] Browne.Fūl’gu-rant, a. p. 548Lightening. [Obs.] More.Fūl'gu-rāte, v. i. p. 548To flash as lightning. [Obs.] Chambers.Fŭl’gu-rā’tiōn, n. p. 548The act of lightening. [Obs.] Donne. 2. (Assaying.) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface. A phenomenon…Fūl'gu-rīte, n. p. 548A vitrified sand-tube, supposed to have been produced by the striking of lightning on sand. P. Cyc.Fūl'gu-ry, n. p. 548Lightning. [Obs.] Cocceram.Fūl'ham, n. p. 548A false die. [Cant.] Shak.Fūl'i-cā, n. p. 548(Ornith.) A genus of aquatic birds; the coot. F. atra, found throughout Europe and in Japan, and indigenous to Great Britain, is black, with the exception of the beak, which is white, and also of a…Fu-lĭg'ĭ-nōs'ĭ-ty, n. p. 549The condition or quality of being fuliginous; that which is, or which makes, fuliginous; sootiness; matter deposited by smoke. [Obs.]Fu-lĭg'ĭ-nōŭs, a. p. 549Pertaining to soot; sooty; dark; dusky. 2. Pertaining to smoke; resembling smoke; dusky. Shenstone.Fū-lĭg'ĭ-noŭs-ly, adv. p. 549In a smoky manner; duskily.Fūl'i-mārt, n. p. 549The same as FOUMART.Full, a. p. 549Filled up; having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; — said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence, of any thing else; as, a cup full of water; a house full of…Full, n. p. 549Complete measure; utmost extent; the highest state or degree. The swan's-down feather, That stands upon the swell at full of tide. Shak. Full of the moon, the time of full moon.Full, adv. p. 549Quite; to the same degree; without abatement or diminution; with full force or effect; completely; exactly; entirely. The pawn I proffer shall be full as good. Dryden. The diapason closing full in…Full, v. i. p. 549To become full or wholly illuminated; as, the moon fulls at midnight.Full, v. t. p. 549To thicken in a mill, as cloth; to mill; to make compact; to scour, cleanse, and thicken in a mill.Full, v. i. p. 549To become fulled or thickened; as, this material does not full well.Full'age, n. p. 549The money or price paid for fulling or cleansing cloth. Johnson.Fŭl'lam, n. p. 549A false die. See FULHAM.Full'-blōwn, a. p. 549Fully expanded, as a blossom. Denham. 2. Fully distended with wind. Dryden.Full'-bŏt'tom, n. p. 549A wig with a large bottom.Full'-bŏt'tomed, a. p. 549Having a large bottom, as a wig.Full'-bütt’, adv. p. 549With direct opposition and with violence. [Low.] L’Estrange.Full'-drīve', adv. p. 549With full speed. Chaucer.Full'er, n. p. 549One whose occupation is to full cloth. 2. (Blacksmith's Work.) A die; a half-round set-hammer.Full'er, v. t. p. 549To form a groove or channel in, by a fuller or set-hammer; as, to fuller a bayonet.