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Furrier (?), n. [Cf. F. fourreur.] A dealer in furs; one who makes or sells fur goods.
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Furriery (?), n. 1. Furs, in general. Tooke.
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2. The business of a furrier; trade in furs.
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Furring (?), n. 1. (Carp.) (a) The leveling of a surface, or the preparing of an air space, by means of strips of board or of larger pieces. See , v. t., 3. (b) The strips thus laid on.
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2. (Shipbuilding) Double planking of a ship's side.
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3. A deposit from water, as on the inside of a boiler; also, the operation of cleaning away this deposit.
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Furrow (?), n. [OE. forow, forgh, furgh, AS. furh; akin to D. voor, OHG. furuh, G. furche, Dan. fure, Sw. f�ra, Icel. for drain, L. porca ridge between two furrows.] 1. A trench in the earth made by, or as by, a plow.
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2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; a wrinkle on the face; as, the furrows of age.
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Coloq. Farrow weed a weed which grows on plowed land. Shak. -- Coloq. To draw a straight furrow , to live correctly; not to deviate from the right line of duty. Lowell.
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Furrow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furrowed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Furrowing.] [From , n.; cf. AS. fyrian.] 1. To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea. Shak.
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2. To mark with channels or with wrinkles.
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Thou canst help time to furrow me with age. Shak.
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Fair cheeks were furrowed with hot tears. Byron.
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Furrowy (?), a. Furrowed. [R.] Tennyson.
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Furry (?), a. [From .] 1. Covered with fur; dressed in fur. “Furry nations.” Thomson.
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2. Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils. Dryden.
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3. Resembling fur.
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Further (?), adv. [A comparative of forth; OE. further, forther, AS. fur�or, far�ur; akin to G. fürder. See , adv.] To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See .
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Carries us, I know not how much further, into familiar company. M. Arnold.
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They sdvanced us far as Eleusis and Thria; but no further. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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Coloq. Further off , not so near; apart by a greater distance.
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Further, a. compar. [Positive wanting; superl. Furthest.] 1. More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See .
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2. Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.
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☞ The forms further and farther are in general not differentiated by writers, but further is preferred by many when application to quantity or degree is implied.
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Further, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Furthered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Furthering.] [OE. furthren, forthren, AS. fyrðran, fyrðrian. See , adv.] To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist.
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This binds thee, then, to further my design. Dryden.
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I should nothing further the weal public. Robynsom (More's Utopia).
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Furtherance (?), n. The act of furthering or helping forward; promotion; advancement; progress.
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I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your
furthersnce and joy of faith. Phil. i. 25.
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Built of furtherance and pursuing, Not of spent deeds, but of doing. Emerson.
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Furtherer (?), n. One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak.
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Furthermore (?), adv. or conj. Moreover; besides; in addition to what has been said.
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Furthermost (?), a. Most remote; furthest.
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Furthersome (?), a. Tending to further, advance, or promote; helpful; advantageous. [R.]
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You will not find it furthersome. Carlyle.
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Furthest (?), a. superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See , a.
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Furthest, adv. At the greatest distance; farthest.
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Furtive (?), a. [L. furtivus, fr. furtum theft, fr. fur thief, akin to ferre to bear: cf. F. furtif. See .] Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. Prior.
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A hasty and furtive ceremony. Hallam.
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Furtively, adv. Stealthily by theft. Lover.
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Furuncle (?), n. [L. furunculus a petty thief, a boil, dim. of fur thief: cf. F. furoncle.] (Med.) A superficial, inflammatory tumor, suppurating with a central core; a boil.
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Furuncular (?), a. Of or pertaining to a furuncle; marked by the presence of furuncles.
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Fury (?), n. [L. fur.] A thief. [Obs.]
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Have an eye to your plate, for there be furies. J. Fleteher.
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Fury, n.; pl. Furies (#). [L. furia, fr. furere to rage: cf. F. furie. Cf. .] 1. Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
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Her wit began to be with a divine fury inspired. Sir P. Sidney.
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2. Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; -- sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. “Fury of the wind.” Shak.
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I do oppose my patience to his fury. Shak.
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3. pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megæra; the Erinyes or Eumenides.
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The Furies, they said, are attendants on justice, and if the sun in heaven should transgress his path would punish him. Emerson.
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4. One of the Parcæ, or Fates, esp. Atropos. [R.]
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Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life. Milton.
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5. A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.

Syn. -- Anger; indignation; resentment; wrath; ire; rage; vehemence; violence; fierceness; turbulence; madness; frenzy. See .
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Furze (?), n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.) A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europæus), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf furze is Ulex nanus.
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Furzechat (?), n. (Zoöl.) The ; -- called also furzechuck.
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Furzeling (?), n. (Zoöl.) An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler.
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Furzen (?), a. Furzy; gorsy. [Obs.] Holland.
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Furzy (?), a. Abounding in, or overgrown with, furze; characterized by furze. Gay.
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Fusain (?), n. [F., the spindle tree; also, charcoal made from it.] (Fine Arts) (a) Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement. (b) A drawing made with it. See , n. 2, and Charcoal drawing, under .
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Fusarole (?), n. [F. fusarolle, fr. It. fusaruolo, fr. fuso spindle, shaft of a column. See a conical wheel.] (Arch.) A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.
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Fuscation (?), n. [L. fuscare, fuscatum, to make dark, fr. fuscus dark.] A darkening; obscurity; obfuscation. [R.] Blount.
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Fuscin (?), n. [L. fuscus dark-colored, tawny.] (Physiol. Chem.) A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
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Fuscine (?), n. (Chem.) A dark-colored substance obtained from empyreumatic animal oil. [R.]
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Fuscous (?), a. [L. fuscus.] Brown or grayish black; darkish.
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Sad and fuscous colors, as black or brown, or deep purple
and the like. Burke.
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Fuse (fūz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fused (fūzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fusing.] [L. fusus, p. p. of fundere to pour, melt, cast. See to cast, and cf. Futile.] 1. To liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve; to melt.
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2. To unite or blend, as if melted together.
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Whose fancy fuses old and new. Tennyson.
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Fuse, v. i. 1. To be reduced from a solid to a fluid state by heat; to be melted; to melt.
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2. To be blended, as if melted together.
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Coloq. Fusing point , the degree of temperature at which a substance melts; the point of fusion; the melting point.
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Fuse, n. [For fusee, fusil. See 2d .] (Gunnery, Mining, etc.) 1. A tube or casing filled with combustible matter, by means of which a charge of powder is ignited, as in blasting; -- called also fuzee. See .
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Coloq. Fuse hole , the hole in a shell prepared for the reception of the fuse. Farrow.
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2. (Mil.) a mechanism in a bomb, torpedo, rocket, or artillery shell, usually having an easily detonated explosive charge and activated by the shock of impact, which detonates the main explosive charge. Some fuses may have timing mechanisms, delaying the explosion for a short time, or up to several days after impact. Fuses activated by other mechanisms more sophisticated than impact, such as proximity or heat, are used in modern weapons such as antiaircraft or antimissile missiles.
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{ Fuse, or Fuze }, n. (Elec.) A wire, bar, or strip of fusible metal inserted for safety in an electric circuit. When the current increases beyond a certain safe strength, the metal melts, interrupting the circuit and thereby preventing possibility of damage. It serves the same function as a circuit breaker.
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fused adj. joined together into a whole.
Syn. -- amalgamate, amalgamated, coalesced, consolidated.
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Fusee (?), n. [See 2d , and cf. , n.] 1. A flintlock gun. See 2d . [Obs.]
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2. A fuse. See , n.
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3. (a) A friction match for smokers' use having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind. (b) A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
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4. A signal device, usually cylindrical, consisting of a tube filled with a composition which burns with a bright colored light for a definite time. It is used principally for the protection of trains or road vehicles, indicating an obstruction or accident ahead. Also called a flare or railroad flare.
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Fusee, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The track of a buck. Ainsworth.
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Fusee, n. [F. fusée a spindleful, fusee, LL. fusata, fr. fusare to use a spindle, L. fusus spindle.] (a) The 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 the cone in such a manner that the diameter of the cone at the point where the chain acts may correspond with the degree of tension of the spring. (b) A similar wheel used in other machinery.

Fusel (?), n., Fusel oil. [G. fusel bad liquor.] (Chem.) A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but mostly of amyl alcohol; hence, amyl alcohol or a mixture of amyl alcohols.
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fuselage n. [F. fusel spindle-shaped + -age; fr. L. fusus spindle.] (Aëronautics) The central, approximately cylindrical portion of an airplane which carries the passengers, crew, and cargo. It usually forms the main structural portion of an airplane, and to it are typically attached the wings, tail, and sometimes the engines. In single-propeller airplanes, the propeller is typically fixed at the front of the fuselage, although variants have been produced with the propeller at the rear. Some airplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.
Syn. -- body.
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{ Fuse plug, or Fuze plug }. 1. (Ordnance) A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse.
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2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring.
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Fusibility (?), n. [Cf. F. fusibilité.] The quality of being fusible.
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Fusible (?), a. [F. fusible. See , v. t.] CapabIe of being melted or liquefied.
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Coloq. Fusible metal , any alloy of different metals capable of being easily fused, especially an alloy of five parts of bismuth, three of lead, and two of tin, which melts at a temperature below that of boiling water. Ure. -- Coloq. Fusible plug (Steam Boiler), a piece of easily fusible alloy, placed in one of the sheets and intended to melt and blow off the steam in case of low water.
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Fusiform (?), a. [L. fusus spindle + -form: cf. F. fusiforme.] Shaped like a spindle; shaped like a cylinder that tapers at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell.
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Fusil (?), a. [L. fusilis molten, fluid, fr. fundere, fusum, to pour, cast. See , v. t.] 1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat; fusible. [R.] “A kind of fusil marble” Woodward.
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2. Running or flowing, as a liquid. [R.] “A fusil sea.” J. Philips.
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3. Formed by melting and pouring into a mold; cast; founded. [Obs.] Milton.
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Fusil (?), n. [F. fusil, LL. fosile a steel for kindling fire, from L. focus hearth, fireplace, in LL. fire. See , and cf. a firelock.] A light kind of flintlock musket, formerly in use.
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Fusil, n. [See 3d .] (Her.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.
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☞ It differs from a lozenge in being longer in proportion to its width.
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Fusile (?), a. Same as , a.

{ Fusileer, Fusilier } (?), n. [F. fusilier, fr. fusil.] (Mil.) (a) Formerly, a soldier armed with a fusil. Hence, in the plural: (b) A title now borne by some regiments and companies; as, “The Royal Fusiliers,” etc.
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Fusillade (?), n. [F. fusillade, cf. It. fucilata. See a firelock.] (Mil.) A simultaneous discharge of firearms.
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Fusillade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fusillader; p. pr. & vb. n. Fusillading.] To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.
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Fusion (?), n. [L. fusio, fr. fundere, fusum to pour, melt: cf. F. fusion. See , v. t., aud cf, .] 1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals.
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2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a state of fluidity or flowing in consequence of heat; as, metals in fusion.
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3. The union or blending together of things, as, melted together.
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The universal fusion of races, languages, and customs . . .
had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds. C. Kingsley.
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Coloq. Watery fusion (Chem.) the melting of certain crystals by heat in their own water of crystallization.
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4. (Biol.) The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues.
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Fusome (?), a. [AS. f�san to hasten, fr. f�s ready, prompt, quick; akin to OS. f�s, OHG. funs, Icel. fuss willing; prob. from the root of E. find.] Handy; reat; handsome; notable. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Fuss (fŭs), n. [Cf. .] 1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. Byron.
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Zealously, assiduously, and with a minimum of fuss or noise Carlyle.
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2. One who is unduly anxious about trifles; a fussbudget. [R.]
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I am a fuss and I don't deny it. W. D. Howell.
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Fuss, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fussed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fussing.] To be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. Sir W. Scott.
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fussbudget n. a person who thinks excessively about unfortunate things that might happen; one who is excessively concerned about matters of trifling importance.
Syn. -- worrier, fusspot, worrywart.
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fussbudgety adj. Like a fussbudget; fussy; grouchy.
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fusspot n. same as .
Syn. -- worrier, fussbudget, worrywart.
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Fussily (?), adv. In a fussy manner. Byron.
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Fussiness, n. The quality of being fussy.
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Fussy (?), a. [Compar. Fussier (?); superl. Fussiest.] Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.
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Not at all fussy about his personal appearance. R. G. White.
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Fust (fŭst), n. [OF. fust, F. fût, fr. L. fustis stick staff.] (Arch.) The shaft of a column, or trunk of a pilaster. Gwilt.
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Fust, n. [OF. fust cask, F. fût cask, taste or smell of the cask, fustiness, cf. sentir le fût to taste of the cask. See 1st .] A strong, musty smell; mustiness.
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Fust, v. i. To become moldy; to smell ill. [Obs.]
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Fusted, a. Moldy; ill-smelling. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Fusteric (?), n. The coloring matter of fustet. Ure.
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Fustet (?), n. [F. fustet (cf. Sp. & Pg. fustete), LL. fustetus, fr. L. fustis stick, in LL., tree, See , and cf. .] The 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.
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Fustian (?), n. [OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It. fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So called from Fustāt, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.] 1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
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2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast.
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Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched
fustian. Addison.
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Fustian, a. 1. Made of fustian.
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2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history. Walpole.
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Fustianist, n. A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton.
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Fustic (?), n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. .] The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic. [Written also fustoc.]
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☞ Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as that of species of Xanthoxylum, and especially the Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes called young fustic to distinguish it from the Maclura. See .
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Fustigate (?), v. t. [L. fustigare, fr. fustis stick. See .] To cudgel. [R.] Bailey.
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Fustigation (?), n. [Cf. F. fustigation.] A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.
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This satire, composed of actual fustigation. Motley.
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Fustilarian (?), n. [From .] A low fellow; a stinkard; a scoundrel. [Obs.] Shak.

{ Fustilug (�), Fustilugs (?) }, n. [Fusty + lug something heavy, to be drawn or carried.] A gross, fat, unwieldy person. [Obs.] F. Junius.
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Fustiness (?), n. A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an ill smell from moldiness.
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Fusty (?), a. [Compar. Fustier (#); superl. Fustiest.] [See .] 1. Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. “A fusty nut.” “Fusty plebeians.” Shak.
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2. Moping. [Archaic]
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A melancholy, fusty humor. Pepys.
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Fusure (?), n. [L. fusura, fr. fundere, fusum. See , v. t.] Act of fusing; fusion. [R.]
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