Webster's Dictionary 1913

4483

Futilous

Fu″til‐ous (?), a. Futile; trifling.

4484

Futtock

Fu″ttock (?), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of the compound rib of a vessel; one of the...

4485

Futurable

Fu″tur‐a‐ble (?; 135), a. Capable of being future; possible to occur.Not only to things future, but futurable. Fuller.

4486

Future

Fu″ture (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See Be, v. i.] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at an...

4487

Future (2)

Fu″ture (?), n. [Cf. F. futur. See Future, a.]1. Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen i...

4488

Futureless

Fu″ture‐less, a. Without prospect of betterment in the future. W. D. Howells.

4489

Futurely

Fu″ture‐ly, adv. In time to come. Raleigh.

4490

Futurism

Fu″tur‐ism (?), n.(Painting) A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see, below).

4491

Futurist

Fu″tur‐ist, n. 1. One 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 beli...

4492

Futuritial

Fu′tu‐ri″tial (?; 135), a. Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future.

4493

Futurition

Fu′tu‐ri″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. futurition.] The state of being future; futurity.Nothing... can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed. Coleridge.

4494

Futurity

Fu‐tu″ri‐ty (?), n.; pl.Futurities (�).1. State of being that is yet to come; future state.2. Future time; time to come; the future.3. Event to come; a future event.All futuriti...

4495

Fuze

Fuze (?), n. A tube, filled with combustible matter, for exploding a shell, etc. See Fuse, n.Chemical fuze, a fuze in which substances separated until required for action are th...

4496

Fuzz

Fuzz (?), v. t. To make drunk. Wood.

4497

Fuzz (2)

Fuzz, n. [Cf. Prov. E. fuzzy that ravels (of silk or cotton), D. voos spongy, fungous, G. faser filament. E. feaze to untwist.] Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile ...

4498

Fuzz (3)

Fuzz, v. i. To fly off in minute particles.

4499

Fuzzle

Fuz″zle (?), v. t. [Cf. LG. fuseln to drink common liquor, fr. fusel bad liquor.] To make drunk; to intoxicate; to fuddle. Burton.

4500

Fuzzy

Fuzz″y (?), a. [See Fuzz, n.] 1. Not firmly woven; that ravels. [Written also fozy.]2. Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach.

4501

Fy

Fy (?), interj. [See Fie, interj.] A word which expresses blame, dislike, disapprobation, abhorrence, or contempt. See Fie.

4502

Fyke

Fyke (?), n. [D. fuik a bow net.] A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; — called also fyke net. Cozzens.

4503

Fyllot

Fyl″lot (?), n. [Prov. fr. AS. fy�erf�te, fierf�te, feówerf�te. See Four, and Foot, n.] A rebated cross, formerly used as a secret emblem, and a common ornament. It is also call...

4504

Fyrd

Fyrd (?), Fyr″dung (�), n. [AS.; akin to E. fare, v. i.] (Old. Eng. Hist.) The military force of the whole nation, consisting of all men able to bear arms.The national fyrd or m...

4505

Fytte

Fytte (?), n. See Fit a song.