fussiness

[Eng. fu y; -ne .] The quality or state of being fu y. "The homely expre ion-absence of fu ine ."- Miall : Bases of Belief , pt. iii., § 17. fus-sle, v . t . [FUZZLE.] fus-sock, s. [Etymology doubtful.] A large, fat woman. *fust (1), s . [FIST.] "Gave us not That capability and godlike reason To fust in us unused."- Shakesp .: Hamlet , iv. 4. A. As substantive: made of cotton, or cotton and linen mixed, and with 1. Lit. & Fabric : A kind of coarse twilled cloth, a pile like velvet, but shorter. Velveteen or velveret are commonly included among fustians, as their manner of manufacture justifies. Corduroy and thickset are also coarser varieties of fustian. "Of fusty an he wered a gepoun." fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, father; we, wět, here, camel, her, there; pine, pit, sire, sir, or, wöre, wolf, work, whô, sốn; müte, cub, cüre, unite, cûr, rûle, füll; try, Syrian. æ, œ = 6; 00 Chaucer: C. T., Prol. 75. marine; gō, pot, ey = ā. qu kw. IMG:content-0256.png:[blocks in formation] 1953 futhork, s. (For etym. see def.] Ethnol.: The Runic alphabet. The name Futhork is applied to all the systems of phonetic signs of the Teutonic stock, for the same reason as those of cla ical derivation are called "alphabet" or "abecedarium." They occur in the same order in Old German, Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, and Northern Runes, with a nomenclature in all of them borrowed from trees and other familiar natural objects, suggestive of the derivation of the series of phonetic symbols from a primitive system of pictorial writing. "The Norse Futhork includes only sixteen runes, and these are for the most part simpler than the corresponding signs in the Anglo-Saxon Futhork ."-Wilson: Prehistoric Scotland , ii. 285. fü'-tile, a . [Fr., from Lat. futilis easily poured out; fun do to pour out; Ital. futile , Sp. futil .] *1. Talkative, loquacious, talking over-much. "As for talkers and futile persons, they are commonly tion and Di imulation . *fus-ti-an-Ist, s. [Eng. fustian ; -ist.] One who vain and credulous withal."-Bacon: E ays; Of Simula makes use of pompous or bombastic language. "Amobius or any modern fustianist."- Milton : Apology for Smectymnuus. füs-tic, s . [Fr. & Sp. fustoc , from Sp. fuste = wood, timber; Lat. fust is a staff, a club.] A name given to certain yellow woods employed in dyeing. 1. Mac lur a tinct or i a , a large tree of the Mulberry family ( Moracea ), native of the West Indies and tropical America. 2. Rhus cotinus , a bushy shrub of the Cashew Nut family ( An a card i ace a ), native of Southern Europe, having simple, shining, roundish leaves. Its flowers are in globose heads, which become white and feathery, giving the idea of a head of white hair, hence the name Wig-tree, by which it is sometimes known. It is used in dyeing, and is called in trade Young Fustic, to distinguish it from Maclura . The yellow wood of several species of the genus Xanthoxyl on is also known by the name of Fustic. fustic-wood, s. Bot.: The same as FUSTIC, 1. *fus-ti-gate, v. t. [Late Lat. fustigatus , pr. par. of fustigo to cudgel; fust is a staff, a club.] To cudgel, to beat with a stick or cudgel; to cane. " Fustigating him for his faults." Fuller: Worthies; West more land.