fuffle (fuf l)

t.; pret. and pp. fuffled, ppr. fuffling. Same as curfuffle. fuffy (fuf'i), a. [ She was equipped with a warm hood, marten-skin tippet, and a pair of snow-shoes. She mounted the high fuffy plain and went on with a soft, yielding, yet light step, almost as noisele as if she were walking the clouds. S. Judd, Margaret, i. 17. L. fug a, a flight.] In [It., fug a (fö'gä), n. music , same as fugue . fugacious (fu-gā'shus), a . [ fugax ( fug a ci- ), fleeing, swift, fleeting, fugere , flee: see fugitive.] 1. Fleeing, or disposed to flee; fleeting; transitory. Much of its po e ions is so hid, so fugacious, and of so uncertain purchase. Jer. Taylor. The volatile salt being loosened or disentangled from the rest, and being of a very fugacious nature, flies easily Boyle, Works, IV. 300. away. Lifting the ceremonious three-cornered hat, and offer ing the fugacious hospitalities of the snuff-box. Lowell, Fireside Travels, p. 81. 2. Specifically, in zoöl. and bot., falling or fading early; speedily shed or cast; fugitive, as an external organ or a natural covering.