Fu"ttock (?), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. foothook.] (Naut.) One of the
crooked timbers which are scarfed together to form the lower part of
the compound rib of a vessel; one of the crooked transverse timbers
passing across and over the keel.
Futtock plates (Naut.), plates of iron to which the dead-eyes of the
topmast rigging are secured. -- Futtock shrouds, short iron shrouds
leading from the upper part of the lower mast or of the main shrouds to
the edge of the top, or through it, and connecting the topmast rigging
with the lower mast. Totten.
Fu"tur*a*ble (?; 135), a. Capable of being future; possible to occur.
[R.]
Not only to things future, but futurable.
Fuller.
Fu"ture (?; 135), a. [F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to
be, but from the same root as E. be. See Be, v. i.] That is to be or
come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the
next moment is future, to the present.
Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which
expresses a future act or event.