fubsy

[FUBBY.] Short and stuffy. fü-ca-çe-se, s. pl. [Lat. fuc (us); and fem. adj. pl. suff.- aceœ.] Bot.: An order of Thallogens, alliance Algales. It consists of plants inhabiting salt, or more rarely fresh, water. Frond of one or many cells, often divided into a trunk or leaf-like blade. Propagation by spores, contained in superficial cells, consisting of bladdery vesicles. The spores, which are simple, are external, which distinguishes them from those of Conferve. The order has no geographical limits. Some species are eatable; these and others may also be burnt into kelp. Endlicher enumerated eighty-one genera, and estimated the in a frying-pan. 2. To be roasted in any way. "Thenne to frye in oure owne gres." Richard Cœur de Lion, 4,407. 3. To understand or to be expert in the cooking of food by frying. 4. To suffer the action of heat. *II. Figuratively : 1. To melt with heat. "Spices and gums about them melting fry, And phoenix-like, in that rich nest they die." Waller: Of a War with Spain , 83. 2. To be agitated, to boil, to foam. "Ye might have seen the frothy billows fry." Spenser: F. Q., II. xii. 45. 3. To ferment, as in the stomach. "To keep the oil from frying in the stomach, drink mild beer after it."- Bacon : Natural History. 4. To suffer torment, to burn. "My blandishments were fewel to that fire Wherein he fry'd ." Drayton: Legend of Pieree Gaveston. 5. To ferment in the mind. "What kindling motions in their breasts do fry?" Fairfax . sub-orders Vaucherie, Halyserese, and Fucere (q.v.). fü'-cāte, *fu'-cat-ed, a. [Lat. fucatus, pa. par. of fuco to stain.] [FUCUS.J 1. Lit .: Painted, stained. 2. Disguised; having an appearance calculated to deceive. fü-çe-æ, s . pl . [Lat. fuc ( us ), and fem. pl. adj. Bot .: A sub-order of Fucaceae (q. v.). The frond suff. -eœ.] fucusine loam and peat. Young cuttings will root freely in sand or soil. If placed under a gla it must occasionally be removed for a time to give air and prevent undue damp. Australian Fuchsia , Native Fuchsia : Bot.: The genus Correa. fuch-site, 8. Fuchs.] Min .: A variety of Muscovite. It is sometimes called Chrome-mica, from containing nearly 4 per cent. of oxide of chrome. ( Dana .) [Named after a mineralogist, fûch'-sine, 8, [Eng. fuch ( sia ); suff. -ine.] Chem. & Comm.: [ROSANILINE.] fü'-çi-dæ, s. pl. [Lat. fuc ( us ), and fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.] Bot.: A tribe or family of the sub-order Fucese (q. v.). The conceptacles are not collected upon a receptacle. ( Lindley .) fü-çiv-or-ous, a . [Lat. fucus (gen it. fuci)= seaweed; voro =to eat, to feed on, and Eng. adj. suff. -ous.] Living on seaweed, a term applied to the Sirenia. The Dugong (q. v.) feeds on seaweed growing on large flats exposed at low water.