Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Fulmar

Ful″mar (fŭlmär), n. [Icel. fūlmār. See foul, and Man a gull.] (Zoöl.) One of several species of sea birds, of the family Procellariidæ, allied to the albatrosses and petrels. A...

4214

Fulminant

Ful″mi‐nant (?), a. [L. fulminans, p. pr. of fulminare to lighten: cf. F. fulminant.] Thundering; fulminating. Bailey.

4215

Fulminate

Ful″mi‐nate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Fulminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Fulminating.] [L. fulminatus, p. p. of fulminare to lighten, strike with lightning, fr. fulmen thunderbolt, fr...

4216

Fulminate (2)

Ful″mi‐nate, v. t. 1. To cause to explode. Sprat.2. To utter or send out with denunciations or censures; — said especially of menaces or censures uttered by ecclesiastical autho...

4217

Fulminate (3)

Ful″mi‐nate (?), n. [Cf. P. fulminate. See Fulminate, v. i.] (Chem.) (a) A salt of fulminic acid. See under Fulminic. (b) A fulminating powder.Fulminate of gold, an explosive co...

4218

Fulminating

Ful″mi‐na″ting (?), a. 1. Thundering; exploding in a peculiarly sudden or violent manner.2. Hurling denunciations, menaces, or censures.Fulminating oil, nitroglycerin. — Fulmina...

4219

Fulmination

Ful″mi‐na′tion (?), n. [L. fulminatio a darting of lightning: cf. F. fulmination.] 1. The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.2. The act of thundering forth threats or c...

4220

Fulminatory

Ful″mi‐na‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. F. fulminatoire.] Thundering; striking terror. Cotgrave.

4221

Fulmine

Ful″mine (?), v. i. [F. fulminer. See Fulminate, v.] To thunder. Spenser. Milton.

4222

Fulmine (2)

Ful″mine, v. t. To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence.She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. Tennyson.

4223

Fulmineous

Ful‐min″e‐ous (?), a. Of, or concerning thunder.

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Fulminic

Ful‐min″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. fulminique.] Pertaining to fulmination; detonating; specifically (Chem.), pertaining to, derived from, or denoting, an acid, so called; as, fulminic a...

4225

Fulminuric

Ful″mi‐nu″ric (?), a. [Fulminic + cyanuric.] (Chem.) Pertaining to fulminic and cyanuric acids, and designating an acid so called.Fulminuric acid(Chem.), a white, crystalline, e...

4226

Fulness

Ful″ness (?), n. See Fullness.

4227

Fulsamic

Ful‐sam″ic (?), a. [See Fulsome.] Fulsome.

4228

Fulsome

Ful″some (?), a. [Full, a. + -some.] 1. Full; abundant; plenteous; not shriveled.His lean, pale, hoar, and withered corpse grew fulsome, fair, and fresh. Golding.2. Offending or...

4229

Fulvid

Ful″vid (?), a. [LL. fulvidus, fr. L. fulvus.] Fulvous. Dr. H. More.

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Fulvous

Ful″vous (?), a. [L. fulvus.] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley.

4231

Fum

Fum (?), v. i. To play upon a fiddle.Follow me, and fum as you go. B. Jonson.

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Fumacious

Fu‐ma″cious (?), a. Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco.

4233

Fumade

Fu‐made″ (?), Fu‐ma″do (�), n.; pl.Fumades (#), Fumadoes (#). [Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See Fume, v. i.] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilch...

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Fumage

Fu″mage (?), n. [OF. fumage, fumaige, fr. L. fumus smoke.] Hearth money.Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. Blackstone.

4235

Fumarate

Fu″ma‐rate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of fumaric acid.

4236

Fumaric

Fu‐mar″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis).Fumaric acid(Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white ...

4237

Fumarine

Fu″ma‐rine (?), n. [L. fumus smoke, fume.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance.

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Fumarole

Fu″ma‐role (?), n. [It. fumaruola, fr. fumo smoke, L. fumus: cf. F. fumerolle, fumarolle.] A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue.

4239

Fumatorium

‖Fu′ma‐to″ri‐um (?), n.; L. pl.-ria (#). [NL., fr. L. fumare, fumatum, to smoke.] An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the...