Futtocks

(füt'tükz.) [Probably corrupted from foot hooks.] (Shipbuilding.) The lower timbers (between the floor and upper timbers) raised over the keel, and serving to hold the ship's framework together. Future Tense, (jü'tur.) (From L. futurus.] (Gram.) That tense of a verb which serves as the forerunner of a future act, event, or circumstance. [s. 390]