fusty (fust i)

[Also fousty, foisty; If a feast, being never so great, lacked breade, or had fewstye and weight ye breade, all the other dainty es should be unsaverye. Ascham, Toxophilus, i. IMG:content-1974.png:[blocks in formation] volving a sneer at the philosophic school so called.] I. a. Devoted to worthle or usele pursuits, aims, or the like. The word international, introduced by the immortal Bentham, and Mr. Carlyle's gigmanity,.. are sign if i- of the futilitarian misanthropist, respectively. At noon home to dinner, where my wife still in a mel an- choly, fusty humour, and crying, and do not tell me plain-cantly characteristic of the utilitarian philanthropist and ly what it is. Fusulininæ (fūsū-li-ni'nē), n. pl. [NL., Fu- sulina + -inæ .] A subfamily of perforate fora- minifers, of the family Nummulinida , typified by the genus Fusulina . The test is bilaterally sym- metrical, finely tubulated, with polar chamber lets inclos. ing one another, single or rarely double septa, no true in- terseptal canals, and diversiform aperture. fusuret (fūzür), n. [L. fusura , a founding or casting of metals, fundere , pp. fusus , pour, melt, found: see fusel , fusion, found3.] The act of fusing or melting; smelting. Bailey . Fusus (fu's us), n. [NL., Fasciolariidæ as Fusus col us. Such species as the Fusus an- tiquus of old authors belong to the genus Chrysodomus of the family Buccinide , while others are now re- ferred to the family Muricida . Of its history little is recorded, and that little futile . Ruskin . futility (fu-til'i-ti), n. [F. futilité = Sp. fu- tilidad Pg. futilidade = It. futilità , futili- ta(t-)s, emptine , vanity, futilis , futtilis : see futile.] The quality or character of being fu- tile. (at) The quality of being talkative; talkativene ; loquaciousne ; a disposition to tattle. The parable [Prov. xxix. 2] especially corrects not the futility of vaine persons which easily utter as well what may be spoken as what should be secreted;. not garrulity whereby they fill others, even to a surfeit; but government of speech. Bacon , On Learning, viii. 2. (b) The quality of producing no valuable effect; usele - ne ; triflingne ; unimportance; want of weight or re- sult: as, the futility of measures or schemes; to expose the futility of arguments. We have too much experience of the futility of an easy reliance on the momentary good dispositions of the public. Emerson, Amer. Civilization. futtock (fut'ok), n. [Generally considered as a corruption of foothook , but foothook is not found.] One of the timbers of the frame of a ship above the floor-timbers and below the top- timbers. futtock-band (fut'ok-band), n. tock - hoop . futtock-hoop (fut'ok-höp), n. Naut ., a hoop around a mast below the top, serving for the attachment of the lower ends of the futtock- shrouds. futtock-plates (fut'ok-plāts), n. pl. Naut ., iron plates to the top of which the deadeyes of the topmast and topgallant-rigging are fas- tened, and having holes at the lower end into which the upper ends of the futtock-shrouds are hooked or shackled. IMG:content-1975.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-1976.png:[blocks in formation] future (fü'tür), a . and n. [ future , futur , F. futur = Pr. futur = Sp. Pg. It. fu- turo , L.futurus , about to be, future part. as so- ciated with e e , be, sum , I am, * fu , be, found also in perf. fui , I was, fui e , have been, etc., = E. be : see bel.] I. a. 1. That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; pertaining to time subse- quent to the present: as, the next moment is future to the present. We have this hour a constant will to publish Our daughters' several dowers, that future strife May be prevented now. Shak ., Lear, i. 1. Losing his verdure even in the prime, And all the fair effects of future hopes. Him God beholding from his prospect high, Wherein past, present, future , he beholds, Thus to his only Son foreseeing spake Oh, blindne to the future ! kindly given That each may fill the circle mark'd by Heaven. 3. In gram., the future tense. See tense2.- Paragogic future, in gram . See cohortative. To deal in futures, among brokers and speculators, to buy and sell stocks or commodities of any kind for future receipt or delivery, on the chance of a favorable change in price before the time specified. The settlement of such trans- actions is most commonly effected by payment of the dif- ference in the prices, called margins , instead of the actual transfer of the subjects of them. See option , margin . futurelyt (fü'tūr-li), adv . [ future + -ly2.] In time to come; in the future. This is a service, whereto I am going, Greater than any war; it more imports me Than all the actions that I have foregone, Or futurely can cope. IMG:content-1977.png:[blocks in formation] dempt i on should rest only in the number of po ibilities. the event in an equal poise, whether ever there should be such a thing or no? South , Works, I. viii. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary IMG:content-1979.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1980.png:[blocks in formation] and then much abashed. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 600. fuzzy (fuz'i), a. [Of dial. origin, the same as or mixed with fozy , q. v. Cf. LG. fu ig , loose, light, fibrous.] 1. Covered with fuzz; liable to give off fuzz: as, a fuzzy caterpillar. A surface on either side made up of fuzzy elevations. The Century , XXX. 808. IMG:content-1981.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Like fuzz or down; fluffy: as, a fuzzy nap; footed, fuzzy fringe. wer , in comp. sometimes fyther-, fith- er- ( Goth. Oxfords hire, England. fy (fi), interj . See fiel . -fy. [ -ficar = It. -ficare , ficare , in trans. verbs, signifying 'make..,' from compound adjectives in -fic - us , 'making....' 'doing ....' being an adj. form, with weakened vowel, of facere , make, do: see fact . Examples are: E. magnify , magnifier , L. magnific are , magnific us , mag- nus , great, + -ficus , facere , make, do; E. glo- rify , glorifyen , glorifien , glorifier , glorificare , glorificus , gloria , glory, + -ficus , facere , make, do. The a ociated adj., if any (besides rarely one in fic , repr. the orig. L. adj.), is usually in - ficant (after L. -fican (t-)s, ppr.), whence the noun in -ficance , or, more commonly, in - fication (after L.- ficatio (n-); the two noun forms may coexist, with usually fyord, n. See fiord . a distinction of use), as signify , significant , sig fyr1t, n. An obsolete form of fire . nificance , or signification ; magnify ( magnific ), fyr2t, adv . An obsolete form of far1 (positive magnification , with other forms (having deflect and comparative). ed sense, as in L.); magnificent, magnificence, etc. In other cases the adj. and noun forms rest not on L. -ficare , but directly on -facere , e. g., liquefy , liquefacient , liquefaction; calefy (which appears also, disguised, in chafe , q. v.), cale- facient, calefaction .] A suffix meaning 'make :,' appearing in verbs of Latin origin or of modern formation on the Latin model: as, dignify , make worthy; glorify , make glorious; magnify , make great; stultify , make foolish, etc. The verbs in fy formed on English or other non- Latin elements are often colloquial, having a humorous or contemptuous tone: as, Frenchify , jollify , speechify, etc. These verbs are usually accompanied by nouns in -fication. fyancet, n. and v. Same as fiance . fykel, v. and n. See fike2 . fyke2 (fik), n. [Perhaps fuik , a weel, a bow-net.] A kind of fish-trap, consisting of a zif thou be stad in strange contre, Enserche no fyr then falles to the. legislation the name of "landwehr," by which the Ger- man knows it still. The fyrd was, in fact, composed of the whole ma of free land-owners who formed the folk: and to the last it could only be summoned by the voice of the folk-moot. J. R. Green, Conquest of Eng., p. 127. When the King summoned his fyrd to his standard, by sea or by land, Exeter supplied the same number of men as were supplied by five hides of land. E. A. Freeman, Norman Conquest, IV. 98. [ AS ., fyrd , q. v.] In trap is set in water about 10 feet deep at high tide. The fish coming from either direction are led to the trap by a leader running from the shore. The outer openings are formed on a hoop from 3 to 6 feet in diameter; they have two or three funnels, similar to those of an eel-or lobster- pot, and gradually decrease in size. The whole trap is about 10 feet long. It is largely used in New York and Connecticut waters. fyke-fisherman (fik'fish"èr-man), n . One who fishes with a fyke. fyke-net (fik'net), n. A fyke. fylelt, n . and v. See file1 . fyle2t, v. t. See file2 . Anglo - Saxon hist . , the army prepared for war; a military expedition; a camp. fyrdwitet, n. [AS. fyrdwite : see ferdwit .] In Anglo - Saxon law , same as ferdwit . fyst (fist), n. See fist2 . fyt1t, fyttelt, a . See fit2 . fyt2t, fytte2t, n. See fit3 . fz. In musical notation , an abbreviation of for- zando, forzato . IMG:content-1982.png:[graphic] S G 1. The seventh letter and fifth consonant in the English alphabet. It is a sign of Italic origin, having been fabricated by the Romans by a slight modification of C, when the distinction of the (hard) g-sound from the k-sound, both until then represented alike by c, was found ad visable and was effected. (See C.) G has in English two principal or normal sounds, usually called "hard g " and "soft g " respectively. The former is the value originally belonging to the sign. The "hard" g-sound is the sonant (or voiced, or intonated) correlative of the k -sound, made by a close contact between the upper surface of the back part of the tongue and the adjacent palate, while breath enough to set the vocal chords vibrating is, during the continuance of the contact, forced up into the pharynx - the breach of this contact, as in the case of the other so-called mutes (or stops, or checks), giving the alphabetic element. The k and g-sounds are most often called the guttural mutes; although (since the guttur proper has nothing to do with their formation) many authorities prefer to call them pal atal, or back - palatal. The "soft" sound of g in English is compound (= j = dzh ), the sonant correlative of the chsound (see ch ); it is, like the soft c -sound in relation to hard c, a product of the alteration of the hard g, the point of contact being shifted forward on the tongue, and a spirant or sibilant vanish being added to the mute element. It belongs mainly to the Romance part of the language. It never occurs at the beginning of words of Anglo-Saxon origin (where gis always hard or has changed to y); and but rarely at the end of such words (before "silent" e, as in hinge, singe, swinge). Except in such instances, g, in words of Germanic origin, is hard also before e and i. former is written instead of the earlier guttural spirant h (as night for earlier niht ), and is either silent (as in night ) or pronounced as f (as in laugh ). With the digraph ng is written the nasal which corresponds to gand k in the same manner as n to dandt, or m to band p, and which (for example, in singing ) is just as much a simple sound as norm. This guttural or palatal nasal is not an independent alphabetic element in any such way as is n or m; in the older stages of the languages of our family, it appears only before a next following gork, as a nasal made guttural by a imilation to them; and the combination ng representing it is simply one in which the g, formerly pronounced, has become silent, like the b of mb in lamb, climb, tomb, etc. G is now silent before n in the same syllable, as in gnaw, sign. For gas the original of consonant y, see y. The principal digraphs containing g are gh and ng. The 2. As a medieval Roman numeral, 400, and with a line over it, G, 400,000.-3. In the calendar, the seventh dominical letter.-4. In music: ( a ) The key-note of the major key of one sharp, having the signature shown at 1, or of the minor key of two flats, having the signature shown at 2; also, in medieval music, the final of the Mixolydian mode. (b) In the fixed system of solmization, the fifth tone of the scale, and called sol: hence so named by French musicians. (c) On the keyboard of the pianoforte, the white key next to the left of the middle of each group of three black keys. (d) The tone given by such a key, or a tone in unison with such a tone. (e) The degree of a staff a igned to such a key or tone; with the treble clef, the second line or the first added space above, as at 3. (f) A note on such a degree, indicating such IMG:content-1983.png:[blocks in formation] The Rom. forms, OF. gaber = Pr. gabar = It. gabbare, mock, deride, deceive, cheat, = Pg. gabar, praise, refl. boast, are also of Scand. origin. Hence gab1, n., gabble, freq., and ult. gib ber and jabber: see these words, and cf. gab5, n. There is no proof of the supposed ult. Celtic origin (Ir. cab, gab, gob, the mouth, etc.: see gab2, gob ).] I. in trans. 1t. To jest; lie in jest; speak with exaggeration; lie. Thaire goddis will not gab , that grauntid hom first The cite to sese, as hom selfe lyked. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 10604. I lye not, or gab be not. Wyclif, Gal. i. 20 (Oxf.). Soth to sigge [sooth to say], and nozt to gab . Early Eng . Poems , p. 6. 2. To talk idly; talk much; chatter; prate. [Now only colloq.] I nam no lab be, Ne, though I seye, I am not lief to gab be . Chaucer, Miller's Tale. Thou art one of the knights of France, who hold it for glee and pastime to gab , as they term it, of exploits that are beyond human power. Scott , Talisman, ii. II.t trans. To speak or tell falsely. My sonne, and sithen that thou wilt That I shall axe, gab be nought, But tell, etc. Gower, Conf. Amant., ii. ffull trewe seide the i that tolde me ther was not soc he a-nother knyght in the worlde, ffor he ne gabbed no worde. cloak or frock, generally coarse, with or with- out sleeves and a hood, formerly worn by com- mon men out of doors, and distinctively by Jews when their mode of dre was regulated by law; hence, any similar outer garment worn at the present day, especially in Eastern coun- tries. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine , And all for use of that which is mine own. Shak ., M. of V., i. 3. The storm is come again; my best way is to creep under his gaberdine . Shak ., Tempest, ii. 2. Under your gabardine wear pistols all. Suckling , The Goblins. Here was a Tangier merchant in sky-blue gaberdine , with a Persian shawl twisted around his waist. T. B. Aldrich, Ponkapog to Pesth, p. 203. gabatat (gab'a-tä), n. [L. L. gabata , a kind of dish or platter; ML. as in def.] Eccles ., a ves- sel suspended in a church, probably to hold a light. See basin , 5. gabbard, gabbart (gab'ärd, -ärt), n. [Formerly also gabard, gabart, gabert; gabert; gabbard. [Obsolete or dialectal.] Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 532.