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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Fŭr'rōw, n.p. 551A trench in the earth made by a plow. 2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.
  2. Fŭr'rōw, v. t.p. 551To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. Shak. 2. To cut, trench, channel, or groove upon; to mark with channels or with wrinkles. Thou canst help time to…
  3. Fŭr'rōw-weed, n.p. 551A weed growing on plowed land. Shak.
  4. Fŭr'rōw-y, a.p. 551Full of, or abounding in, furrows; furrowed. [Rare.] A double hill ran up his furrowy forks Beyond the thick-leaved platans of the vale. Tennyson.
  5. Fûr'ry, a.p. 551Covered with fur; dressed in fur. 2. Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils. Dryden.
  6. Fûr'ther, a. compar.p. 551More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. 2. Additional; as, there is a further reason for this opinion; we have nothing further to suggest.
  7. Fûr'ther, adv.p. 551To a greater distance; in addition; moreover.
  8. Fûr'ther, v. t.p. 551To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist. This binds thee, then, to further my design. Dryden.
  9. Fûr'ther-ançe, n.p. 551The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement. I know that I shall abide and continue with you all, for your furtherance and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25.
  10. Fûr'ther-er, n.p. 551One who furthers, or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak.
  11. Fûr'ther-mōre, adv. or conj.p. 551Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.
  12. Fûr'ther-mōst, a.p. 551Most remote; furthest.
  13. Fûr'ther-sōme, a.p. 551Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful. “You will not find it furthersome.” Carlyle.
  14. Fûr'thest, a. superl.p. 551Most remote; farthest. See FURTHER, a.
  15. Fûr'thest, adv.p. 551At the greatest distance.
  16. Fûr'tive, a.p. 551Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy. Prior.
  17. Fûr'tive-ly, adv.p. 551Stealthily; by theft. Lover.
  18. Fū'run-cle, n.p. 551(Med.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, deep red, hard, circumscribed, acutely tender to the touch, suppurating with a central core; a boil.
  19. Fū'ry, n.p. 551Violent passion; extreme excitement; over-mastering agitation or enthusiasm. “Such noble fury in so poor a thing.” Shak. 2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; — sometimes applied to inanimate…
  20. Fŭrze, n.p. 552(Bot.) A plant of the genus Ulex (U. Europæus); a thorny evergreen shrub with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; — called also gorse, and whin. London.
  21. Fŭrze'-chāt, n.p. 552(Ornith.) A bird of the genus Saxicola (S. rubetra); the whin-chat.
  22. Fûrz'en or Fûrz'y, a.p. 552Overgrown with, or full of, furze or gorse; gorsy. Gay.
  23. Fū'sa-rōle', n.p. 552(Arch.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter-round of columns in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders.
  24. Fus-cā'tion, n.p. 552A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation. Blount.
  25. Füs'cine, n.p. 552(Chem.) A brownish or dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.
  26. Fūs'cite, n.p. 552(Min.) A mineral of a grayish or greenish-black color, found in Norway. Philips.
  27. Fūs'coūs, a.p. 552Of a dark color; brown or grayish-black. Sad and fuscous colors, as black or brown, or deep purple and the like. Burke.
  28. Fūse, v. t.p. 552To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.
  29. Fūse, v. i.p. 552To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
  30. Fūze, n.p. 552A tube filled with combustible matter used in blasting, or in discharging a shell, &c.
  31. Fu-see', n.p. 552The cone or conical wheel of a watch or clock, designed to equalize the power of the mainspring by having the chain from the barrel which contains the spring wind in a spiral groove on the surface of…
  32. Fu-see', n.p. 552A small, light musket, or firelock. [More commonly written fusil.] 2. The same as FUSE. See FUSE, n. 3. The track of a buck. Ainsworth.
  33. Fü'sel, n.p. 552(Chem.) An alcohol of the amylic series, having a nauseous odor and poisonous properties; it accompanies ordinary alcohol in its production from potatoes and grain; —called also fusel-oil. Grande.
  34. Fū'si-bil'i-ty, n.p. 552The quality of being fusible, or of being convertible from a solid to a fluid state by heat.
  35. Fū'si-ble, a.p. 552Capable of being melted or liquefied. Fusible metal, an alloy of five parts of bismuth, three of lead, and two of tin, which melts at the heat of boiling water. Ure.—Fusible plug (Steam-engin.), a…
  36. Fū'si-fōrm, a.p. 552(Bot.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end. Lindley.
  37. Fū'sil, a.p. 552Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible. [Rare.] “A kind of fusil marble.” Woodward. 2. Running or flowing, as a liquid. [Rare.] “A fusil sea.” Philips.
  38. Fū′sil, n.p. 552A light musket or firelock. 2. [See FUSEE.] (Her.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
  39. Fū'sil-lāde', n.p. 552(Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of fire-arms in a military exercise; as, a grand fusillade.
  40. Fū'sil-lāde', v. t.p. 552To shoot down by a simultaneous discharge of fire-arms. “Fusillade them all.” Carlyle.
  41. Fū'sil-eer', n.p. 552[Fr. fusilier, from fusil. See fu-
  42. Fū'sil-iēr', n.p. 552(Mil.) Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil; but, in modern times, a soldier armed like others of the infantry and distinguished by wearing a bear-skin cap like that of a grenadier. Campbell.
  43. Fū'sion, n.p. 552The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat alone, without the aid of a solvent; as, the fusion of ice or of metals. 2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of…
  44. Watery fusionp. 552the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.
  45. Fū'sōme, a.p. 552Handy, neat; handsome; notable. [Prov. Eng.] Gross.
  46. Fŭss, n.p. 552A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado. Ay, that's the reason of this fawning fuss; I like him not; he never stole from us. Byron.
  47. Fŭss, v. i.p. 552To be over-busy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. W. Scott.
  48. Fŭss'i-ly, adv.p. 552In a fussy manner. Byron.
  49. Fŭs'sock, n.p. 552A large, gross woman. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
  50. Fŭss'y, a.p. 552Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles.
  51. Fūst, n.p. 552(Arch.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of a pilaster. Gwilt.
  52. Fūst, n.p. 552A strong, musty smell; mustiness. Johnson.
  53. Fŭst, v. i.p. 552To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.] Shak.
  54. Fŭst'ed, a.p. 552Moldy; ill smelling. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
  55. Fŭs'ter-ie, n.p. 552The coloring matter of fustet. Ure.
  56. Fŭs'tet, n.p. 552The wood of the Rhus cotinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. Ure.
  57. Fūs'tian, n.p. 552A kind of coarse twilled cotton stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, &c. 2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts…
  58. Fūs'tian, a.p. 552Made of fustian. 2. Swelling above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; too pompous; ridiculously tumid; turgid; inflated; bombastic. “As fustian and tedious a history.” H. Walpole.
  59. Fŭs'tian-ist, n.p. 552One who writes bombast. Milton.
  60. Fŭs'tic, n.p. 552The wood of the Morus tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow. This is the old fustic of the English dyers; their young fustic is fustet. See FUSTER. Ure.