Fust"ed, a. Moldy; ill- smelling. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
Fus"ter*ic (?), n. The coloring matter of fustet. Ure.
Fus"tet (?), n. [F. fustet (cf. Sp. & Pg. fustete), LL. fustetus, fr.
L. fustis stick, in LL., tree, See 1st Fust, and cf. Fustic.] The wood
of the Rhus Cotinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which
yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a
mordant. Ure.
Fus"tian (?), n. [OE. fustan, fustian, OF. fustaine, F. futaine, It.
fustagno, fr. LL. fustaneum, fustanum; cf. Pr. fustani, Sp. fustan. So
called from Fustt, i. e., Cairo, where it was made.] 1. A kind of
coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy,
velveteen, etc.
2. An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which
high-sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts or
subject; bombast.
Claudius . . . has run his description into the most wretched
fustian.
Addison.
Fus"tian, a. 1. Made of fustian.
2. Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian
history. Walpole.
Fus"tian*ist, n. A writer of fustian. [R.] Milton.
Fus"tic (?), n. [F. fustoc, Sp. fustoc. Cf. Fustet.] The wood of the
Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing
yellow; -- called also old fustic. [Written also fustoc.]
Other kinds of yellow wood are often called fustic; as that of species
of Xanthoxylum, and especially the Rhus Cotinus, which is sometimes
called young fustic to distinguish it from the Maclura. See Fustet.
Fus"ti*gate (?), v. t. [L. fustigare, fr. fustis stick. See 1st Fust.]
To cudgel. [R.] Bailey.
Fus"ti*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. fustigation.] A punishment by beating
with a stick or club; cudgeling.
This satire, composed of actual fustigation.
Motley.
Fus"ti*la"ri*an (?), n. [From Fusty.] A low fellow; a stinkard; a
scoundrel. [Obs.] Shak.
{ Fus"ti*lug` (&?;), Fus"ti*lugs` (?) }, n. [Fusty + lug something
heavy, to be drawn or carried.] A gross, fat, unwieldy person. [Obs.]
F. Junius.
Fust"i*ness (?), n. A fusty state or quality; moldiness; mustiness; an
ill smell from moldiness.
Fusty (?), a. [Compar. Fustier (#); superl Fustiest.] [See 2d Fust.] 1.
Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty nut." "Fusty plebeians."
Shak.