Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FUB

FUB, noun a plump boy; a woman. [Not in use.]FUB, verb transitive to put off; to delay; to cheat. [See Fob.]

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FUCATE

FU'CATE,FU'CATED, adjective [Latin fucatus, from fuco, to stain.]Painted; disguised with paint; also, disguised with false show.

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FUCUS

FU'CUS, noun [Latin See Feign.]1. A paint; a dye; also, false show.2.plural fucuses. In botany, a genus of Algae, or seaweed; the sea-wrack, etc.

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FUDDER

FUDDER, of lead. [See Fother.]

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FUDDLE

FUD'DLE, verb transitive To make drunk; to intoxicate.FUD'DLE, verb intransitive To drink to excess.

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FUDDLED

FUD'DLED, participle passive Drunk; intoxicated.

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FUDDLING

FUD'DLING, participle present tense Intoxicating; drinking to excess.

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FUDGE

FUDGE, a word of contempt.

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FUEL

FU'EL, noun [Latin focus.]1. Any matter which serves as aliment to fire; that which feeds fire; combustible matter, as wood, coal, peat, etc.2. Any thing that serves to feed or ...

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FUELED

FU'ELED, participle passive Fed with combustible matter; stored with firing.

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FUELER

FU'ELER, noun He or that which supplies fuel.

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FUELING

FU'ELING, participle present tense Feeding with fuel; supplying with fuel.

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FUGACIOUS

FUGA'CIOUS, adjective [Latin fugax, from fugo, to chase, or fugio, to flee.] Flying or fleeing away; volatile.

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FUGACIOUSNESS

FUGA'CIOUSNESS, noun The quality of flying away; volatility.

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FUGACITY

FUGAC'ITY, noun [Latin fugax, supra.]1. Volatility; the quality of flying away; as the fugacity of spires.2. Uncertainty; instability.

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FUGH

FUGH, or FOH, an exclamation expressing abhorrence.

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FUGITIVE

FU'GITIVE, adjective [Latin fugitivus, from fugio, to flee. Gr.]1. Volatile; apt to flee away; readily wafted by the wind.The more tender and fugitive parts -2. Not tenable; not...

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FUGITIVENESS

FU'GITIVENESS, noun1. Volatility; fugacity; an aptness to fly away.2. Instability; unsteadiness.

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FUGUE

FUGUE, noun [Latin fuga.]In music, a chase or succession in the parts; that which expresses the capital thought or sentiment of the piece, in causing it to pass successively and...

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FUGUIST

FU'GUIST, noun A musician who composes fugues, or performs them extemporaneously.

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FULCIMENT

FUL'CIMENT, noun [Latin fulcimentum, from fulcio, to prop.]A prop; a fulcrum; that on which a balance or lever rests. [Little used.]

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FULCRATE

FUL'CRATE, adjective [from Latin fulcrum, a prop.]1. In botany, a fulcrate stem is one whose branches descend to the earth, as in Ficus.2. Furnished with fulcres.

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FULCRE

FUL'CRE, noun [Latin]1. A prop or support.2. In mechanics, that by which a lever is sustained.3. In botany, the part of a plant which serves to support or defend it, or to facil...

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FULCRUM

FUL'CRUM,FULFILL', verb transitive [A tautological compound of full and fill.]1. To accomplish; to perform; to complete; to answer in execution or event what has been foretold o...

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FULFILLED

FULFILL'ED, participle passive Accomplished; performed; completed; executed.

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FULFILLER

FULFILL'ER, noun One that fulfills or accomplishes.

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FULFILLING

FULFILL'ING, participle present tense Accomplishing; performing; completing.