Webster's Dictionary 1828

2647

FURYLIKE

FU'RYLIKE, adjective Raging; furious; violent.

2648

FURZ

FURZ, nounGorse; whin; a thorny plant of the genus Ulex.

2649

FURZY

FURZ'Y, adjective Overgrown with furz; full of gorse.

2650

FUSCITE

FUS'CITE, noun A mineral of a grayish or greenish black color, found in Norway.

2651

FUSCOUS

FUS'COUS, adjective [Latin fuscus.] Brown; of a dark color.

2652

FUSE

FUSE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin fundo, fusum, to pour out.]To melt; to liquefy by heat; to render fluid; to dissolve.FUSE, verb intransitive To be melted; to be reduced fro...

2653

FUSED

FU'SED, participle passive Melted; liquefied.

2654

FUSEE

FUSEE', noun s as z. [Latin fusus, a spindle, from fundo, fudi, fusum.]The cone or conical part of a watch or clock, round which is wound the chain or cord.FUSEE', noun s as z.1...

2655

FUSIBILITY

FUSIBIL'ITY, noun [See fusible.] The quality of being fusible, or of being convertible from a solid to a fluid state by heat.

2656

FUSIBLE

FU'SIBLE, a s as z. [Latin fusus, from fundo.]That may be melted or liquefied. The earths are found to be fusible

2657

FUSIFORM

FU'SIFORM, adjective [Latin fusus, a spindle, and form.]Shaped like a spindle.

2658

FUSIL

FU'SIL, a, s as z. [Latin fusilis, from fusus, fundo.]1. Capable of being melted or rendered fluid by heat.2. Running; flowing, as a liquid.FU'SIL, noun s as z. [Latin fusus, fu...

2659

FUSILEER

FUSILEE'R, noun [from fusil.] Properly, a soldier armed with a fusil; but in modern times, a soldier armed like others of the infantry, and distinguished by wearing a cap like a...

2660

FUSION

FU'SION, noun s as z. [Latin fusio, from fundo, fusum.]1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat, without the aid of a solvent; as the fusion of ice or of me...

2661

FUSS

FUSS, noun [allied perhaps to Gr. to blow or puff.]A tumult; a bustle; but the word is vulgar.

2662

FUST

FUST, noun [Latin fustis, a staff.] The shaft of a column.FUST, noun A strong musty smell.FUST', verb intransitive To become moldy; to smell ill.

2663

FUSTED

FUST'ED, adjective Moldy; ill smelling.

2664

FUSTET

FUS'TET, noun The wood of the Rhus cotinus, which yields a fine orange color.

2665

FUSTIAN

FUS'TIAN, noun1. A kind of cotton stuff, or stuff of cotton and linen.2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high sounding words are used, above the dignity...

2666

FUSTIANIST

FUS'TIANIST, noun One who writes bombast.

2667

FUSTIC

FUS'TIC, noun [Latin fustis.] The wood of the Morus tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, imported and used in dyeing yellow.

2668

FUSTIGATION

FUSTIGA'TION, noun [Latin fustigatio, from fustigo, to beat with a cudgel, from fustis, a stick or club.] Among the Ancient Romans, a punishment by beating with a stick or club,...

2669

FUSTINESS

FUST'INESS, noun A fusty state or quality; an ill smell from moldiness, or moldiness itself.

2670

FUSTY

FUST'Y, adjective [See Fust.] Moldy; musty; ill smelling; rank; rancid.

2671

FUTILE

FU'TILE, adjective [Latin futilis, from futio, to pour out; effutio, to prate or babble; Heb. to utter rashly or foolishly.]1. Talkative; loquacious; tattling.2. Trifling; of no...

2672

FUTILITY

FUTIL'ITY, noun Talkativeness; loquaciousness; loquacity. [In this sense, not now used.]1. Triflingness; unimportance; want of weight or effect; as, to expose the futility of ar...

2673

FUTILOUS

FU'TILOUS, adjective Worthless; trifling. [Not used.]