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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Füs'cine, n. p. 552(Chem.) A brownish or dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil.Fūs'cite, n. p. 552(Min.) A mineral of a grayish or greenish-black color, found in Norway. Philips.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.Fūse, v. t. p. 552To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.Fūse, v. i. p. 552To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.Fūze, n. p. 552A tube filled with combustible matter used in blasting, or in discharging a shell, &c.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…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.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.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.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…Fū'si-fōrm, a. p. 552(Bot.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end. Lindley.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.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.Fū'sil-lāde', n. p. 552(Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of fire-arms in a military exercise; as, a grand fusillade.Fū'sil-lāde', v. t. p. 552To shoot down by a simultaneous discharge of fire-arms. “Fusillade them all.” Carlyle.Fū'sil-eer', n. p. 552[Fr. fusilier, from fusil. See fu-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.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…Watery fusion p. 552the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.Fū'sōme, a. p. 552Handy, neat; handsome; notable. [Prov. Eng.] Gross.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.Fŭss, v. i. p. 552To be over-busy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. W. Scott.Fŭss'i-ly, adv. p. 552In a fussy manner. Byron.Fŭs'sock, n. p. 552A large, gross woman. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.Fŭss'y, a. p. 552Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles.Fūst, n. p. 552(Arch.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of a pilaster. Gwilt.Fūst, n. p. 552A strong, musty smell; mustiness. Johnson.Fŭst, v. i. p. 552To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.] Shak.Fŭst'ed, a. p. 552Moldy; ill smelling. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.Fŭs'ter-ie, n. p. 552The coloring matter of fustet. Ure.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.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…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.Fŭs'tian-ist, n. p. 552One who writes bombast. Milton.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.Fŭs'ti-gāte, v. t. p. 552To beat with a stick; to cudgel. [Obs.] Bailey.Fūs'ti-gā'tion, n. p. 552A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling. Nothing could be more hearty than the blows . . . except the applause with which this satire, composed of actual fustigation, was received.…Fŭs'ti-lā'ri-an, n. p. 552A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel. [Obs.] Shak.Fŭs'ti-lŭg' or Fŭs'ti-lŭg'z', n. p. 552A gross, fat, unwieldy person. [Obs.]Fŭst′i-ness, n. p. 552A fusty state or quality; an ill smell from moldiness, or moldiness itself.Fŭst'y, a. p. 552Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank; rancid. “A fusty nut.” “Fusty plebeians.” Shak. The ... grandee, who was as fusty as his mansion. De Quincey.Fū'sure, n. p. 552The act of fusing; a smelting; fusion. [Rare.] Bailey.Fūtch'ell, n. p. 552A longitudinal piece of timber supporting the splinter-bar and pole of a carriage.Fū'tile, a. p. 552Talkative; loquacious; tattling. [Obs.] “Talkers and futile persons.” Bacon. 2. Of no weight or importance; answering no valuable purpose; resulting in disappointment; failing of the designed effect…Fū'tile-ly, adv. p. 552In a futile manner.Fu-til'i-ty, n. p. 552The quality of being talkative; talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [Obs.] 2. The quality of producing no valuable effect, or of coming to nothing; want of importance or effect; triflingness…Fū'til-oûs, a. p. 552Worthless; trifling. [Obs.] Howell.Fŭt'tock, n. p. 552(Naut.) One of the middle timbers between the floor and the upper timbers, or of the timbers raised over the keel, which form the breadth of the ship. Futtock-plates (Naut.), plates of iron to which…Fūt'ūr-a-ble, a. p. 552Capable of being future; possible to occur. [Obs.] “Things not only future, but futurable.” Fuller.Fū'tūre, a. p. 552About to be; liable to be or come hereafter; likely to exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future to the present. Future tense (Gram.), the modification of a verb which…Fūt'ūre, n. p. 552Time to come; time subsequent to the present; as, the future shall be as the present; collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. “He'd lay the future open.” Shak.Fŭt'ŭre-ly, adv. p. 552In time to come. [Obs.] Raleigh.Fū'tūr-ist, n. p. 552One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant. 2. (Theol.) One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment…Fūt'ū-ri'tial, a. p. 552Relating to what is to come; pertaining to future time or events; future. [Rare.]Fū'tū-ri'tion, n. p. 552The state of being future. [Rare.] Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed. Coleridge.Fu-tū'ri-ty, n. p. 552The state of being yet to come, or to come hereafter. 2. Future time; time to come; the future. 3. Event to come; a future event. All futurities are naked before the all-seeing eye. South.Fūze, n. p. 552A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, &c. See FUSE.Fūzz, v. t. p. 552To make drunk. [Obs.] A. Wood.Fŭzz, v. i. p. 552To fly off in minute particles.